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[Okibum]

Some info I received from my schooll:

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced in the Korean Times newspaper this weekend that pet owners must:

� Have their pets on leash when they are being walked.

� Pet owners must clean up their pet�s waste. The fine is 100,000 won if you do not.

� Pet owners must have a dog tag or identication tag on their pets that lists the owner�s name, your address, and your telephone number. 200,000 won fine

� You must vaccinate your pets. 100,000 won fine

� If pets are abandoned, owners could face 500,000 won fines.

� Pets abandoned and or stray animals will only be kept 10 days before being euthanized. The time period was shortened from 30 days.

� If you abuse your pets, owners will be fined up to a maximum of 5 million won.

� You must muzzle ferocious dogs. 300,000 won fine

� Some government offices have also made it mandatory for pet owners or those who breed pets for sale to register their pets and will charge fines of 300,000 won for failing to do so. Sorry, but I do not have a list of those municipalities to share.



The fines are due to the large number of stray dogs in Seoul. The collected fine is to be used for animal protection and environmental preservation. Important: The fines are already in effect.

[IncognitoHFX]

I wonder if euthanized implies a stew.

[Chris Kwon]

fine for pooping is a great idea in theory, but how many people are gonna get caught?

[Bramble]

Thanks for posting this. The rules seem to be part of a revised national law that just took effect.

http://www.koreananimals.org/info/news/apl2.htm

http://www.koreananimals.org/info/news/apl.htm

[basplar]

So does that make dog meat illegal now? Beating a dog to death(which IS THE METHOD THEY USE TO KILL DOGS FOR DOG MEAT DISHES....they claim it makes the meat....TENDER). Hmmm......lemme' think for just a sec. That qualifies as animal abuse. Heck, I won't even walk my pug down the same street as the dog meat restaurants out of fear that a boshintang ajumma will come chasing after my beloved little puglet with a meat cleaver. If that law doesn't put all of those #$@% dog meat restaurants out of business, then it will again show the double standard that exists here for almost EVERYTHING!!

[jacob7207]