在韩国颁布全国性禁食狗肉法令近三年后，仍有约7,600只狗被关在养狗场中。如今，动物保护组织正争分夺秒，试图在这些狗被宰杀食用前将其解救出来。
About 7,600 dogs are still being held at South Korean meat farms nearly three years after the country passed a national ban on dog meat. Now, animal-rights groups are racing to save the pooches before they can be slaughtered and served as food.
据韩国农林畜产食品部统计，在首尔迫于国内外多年压力最终批准禁食狗肉政策时，全国共有1,537家养狗场，饲养着约46.8万只犬只。据《韩国时报》报道，目前仍有198家养狗场仍在运营，政府承诺将在2027年2月7日的最后期限前彻底取缔这一行业。
Around 468,000 canines were held in 1,537 dog meat farms when Seoul approved a ban on eating dogs following years of pressure at home and overseas, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural affairs. But dog 198 farms remain in operation, with the government vowing to comply with a full end to the industry by the Feb. 7, 2027 deadline, the Korea Times reported.
“禁止食用狗肉标志着一个至关重要的转折点，它将推动我国动物福利标准迈上新的台阶，”韩国农林畜产食品部动物福利政策局局长李永植说道。
“The end of dog meat consumption marks a crucial turning point that will elevate our society’s animal welfare standards to the next level,” said Lee Yong-jik, director general of the ministry’s Animal Welfare Policy Bureau.
政府正敦促剩余的养狗场在禁令生效前关停，检查人员也将在今年最后两个月对所有养狗场展开调查。该部门警告称，任何被查出私自增加饲养数量或未阻止犬只繁殖的养狗场都将被立即责令停业。
The government is urging the remaining farms to close their business before the ban takes effect, with inspectors set to investigate all the locations in the last two months of the year. Any farms that have been caught secretly increasing the number of dogs they have or failing to stop their canines from breeding will be subject to immediate shutdown, the ministry warned.
禁令生效后，任何在韩国境内从事养狗、屠宰或销售狗肉供人食用的行为都将面临最高两年监禁及超过2万美元的罚款。不过，政府也承认，禁令实施后仍有约7,600只狗需要妥善安置，因此正呼吁各地方政府伸出援手。
Once the ban goes into effect, anyone caught farming, slaughtering, or selling dog meat for human consumption inside South Korea will face up to two years in prison and a fine of more than $20,000. Officials, however, acknowledged that about 7,600 dogs will need to be cared for after the ban takes effect, with the government calling on local municipalities to help out.
“我们将密切监督各养狗场的关停过程，确保工作顺利推进；同时也会做好充分准备，妥善处理禁令生效后剩余犬只的安置问题，”李永植说道。
“We will closely monitor on-site operations to ensure the smooth closure of the remaining farms and make thorough preparations to address the issue of the remaining dogs after the ban takes effect,” Lee said.
随着养狗场陆续关闭，动物保护组织也一直在努力营救这些场所中尚存的犬只。
As the dog farms continue to shut down, animal rights groups have been working to rescue the remaining dogs inside the facilities.
上个月，Humane World for Animals组织表示，他们从位于江津市的一家即将关闭的肉类加工厂中救出了70多只狗。这很可能是该组织在韩国境内最后一次进行的大规模救援行动。
Last month, the Humane World for Animals groups said they saved more than 70 dogs from a closing meat farm in Gangjin, likely the group’s last large-scale rescue inside South Korea.
“这些狗是这个即将消亡的行业中最后一批遭受苦难的动物；将它们送往美国和加拿大，让它们在充满爱的家庭中开始新的生活，对我们来说是一个完美的结局。随着韩国开始建立一种新的与狗的关系——在这种关系中，狗被视为朋友而非食物——我们的十年使命也圆满结束了。”该组织在韩国地区的活动负责人Sangkyung Lee说道。
“These dogs are among the very last few to suffer in this dying industry and sending them to the USA and Canada to start new lives in loving families feels like the perfect closing chapter to our 10-year mission as South Korea embarks on a new relationship with dogs in which they are friends not food,” said Sangkyung Lee, the group’s Korea campaign manager.