Seoul: anti-dog meat protesters facing provocative dog meat consumers
American actress Kim Basinger
South Korean activists
held an anti-dog meat protest in Seoul on Friday (July 12), while farmers ate dog meat in front of them.
The two groups were separated by a bastion of police officers.
About a hundred protesters
attended the protest outside the National Assembly Building, laying flowers in front of dead dog replicas.
Basinger and dog lovers
urged parliament to revise the amended animal protection law which allows the slaughtering of dogs for food.
Meanwhile, South Korean dog farmers and members of the Korean Dog Meat Assoc
these protesters ate dog meat as part of Chobok celebrations; a Korean festival celebrating one of the hottest days of the lunar calendar year where dog meat consumption is a tradition.
Humane Society International (HSI), an animal welfare activist group, estimates there are 17,000 remaining dog meat farms in South Korea.
Euronews