The Taepyeong dog abattoir, South Korea's largest, was closed down in 2018, while the Gupo dog meat market in Busan was closed down in 2019.

Seoul's mayor declared the city's capital ‘dog slaughter free' in October 2020, while the country's supreme court ruled a year earlier in 2019 that a dog farmer who electrocuted pups was in violation of the Animal Protection Act.

The decision might have far-reaching consequences for an industry that relies nearly solely on electrocution as a means of execution.

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