Bow wow! The AP reports South Korea’s parliament have finally tired of being dogged by jokes about eating canine meat and on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill banning the production and sale of the local specialty by 2027. Some farmers howled in protest outside of the legislature in Seoul
“This is a clear case of state violence as they are infringing on our freedom to choose our occupation. We can’t just sit by idly,” said dog farmer Son Won Hak, vowing he would petition the country’s supreme court to have the ban overturned, rather than just shutting the fuck up and taking the three-year grace period he has to switch to raising pigs or chickens instead.
Recent surveys found a majority of South Koreans no longer consume dog meat and half supported the ban, while a third opposed it, even as many of those respondents didn’t eat it themselves.