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In April 2017, Taiwan became the first country in East Asia to officially ban the consumption of dog and cat meat as well as jail time for those who torture and kill animals. The Animal Protection Act amendments approved by the Legislative Yuan aims to punish the sale, purchase or consumption of dog or cat meat with fines ranging from NT$50,000 ...
Taiwan The World Dog Alliance started working together with legislators to raise the issue of proposing and passing a bill to ban dog meat as early as 2016 [13]. On 11 April 2017, Taiwan passed the 2017 Animal Protection Bill for amendments to the Animal Protection Act to ban the consumption of dog meat [14], a monumental victory for animal ...
In the same survey, 57 percent of respondents said they would support a ban on the dog meat industry. ... Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Show comments.
In October 2017, Taiwan's national legislature, known as the Legislative Yuan, passed amendments to the country's Animal Protection Act which "bans the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat and of any food products that contain the meat or other parts of these animals." [31]
The anti-dog meat campaign recently received a big boost when the country’s first lady expressed her support for a ban and two lawmakers submitted bills to eliminate the dog meat trade.
As South Korea moves to ban eating dog meat, many of those involved in the centuries-old controversial practice are fighting to keep it legal. The farmers who breed the dogs, and the owners of ...
The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed] Cow is the national animal of Nepal and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law.
In protest of a dog meat ban which aims to end South Korea’s dog meat trade by 2027, dog farmers are striking back at government officials. South Korean Farmers Threaten to Release 2 Million ...