Gyeonggi-do to Intensify Crackdown on Animal Abuse... Establishes Animal Abuse Prevention Team

Gyeonggi Province has established an Animal Abuse Prevention Team. Main duties of the Animal Abuse Prevention Team Graphic provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Government

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is establishing an animal abuse prevention team and will respond to and prevent illegal activities related to animals.

On the 25th, the Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police for Public Welfare announced that through an organizational restructuring at the end of December last year, it newly formed the "Animal Abuse Prevention Team" consisting of a total of four members: one grade 5 team leader, two grade 6 officers, and one grade 7 officer.

Since the scope of investigation included the Animal Protection Act, the special judicial police unit detected a total of 173 illegal animal-related cases from 2019 to 2022. By year, there were 67 cases in 2019, 66 in 2020, 29 in 2021, and 11 in 2022.

The newly established Animal Abuse Prevention Team will focus on cracking down on ▲ acts that kill animals cruelly or intentionally ▲ acts that cause physical pain or injury without justifiable reason ▲ unauthorized animal production businesses ▲ unregistered animal businesses (such as sales and consignment management).

Hong Eun-gi, head of the Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police for Public Welfare, emphasized, "With the establishment of the dedicated animal abuse prevention team, we will strictly monitor to prevent any illegal animal-related activities from taking root, in order to create a happy and harmonious Gyeonggi Province. We will also actively work to build public consensus on respecting life."

Meanwhile, according to Statistics Korea at the end of 2020, there are 860,000 households raising companion animals in the province, accounting for 27.8% of the total 3.13 million households.

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