According to Yonhap News Agency today (November 5), South Korea's former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yue was elected as the largest opposition presidential candidate. A few days ago, because of the sentence "Eating dog meat is not abusing animals, dogs are divided into pet dogs and specially bred eating dogs", Yin Xiyue passive protection group targeted. In recent days, South Korean animal protection groups have held protests one after another, demanding that Yoon Seok-yue apologize for his "unwise words."
According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported on the 2nd, on the 30th of last month, at the last candidate discussion held by the party, in the face of questions about whether to agree to eat dog meat, Yoon Seok-yue said, "I am personally opposed, but if it is to become a national policy, it still needs everyone to consult, which requires social consensus." ”
At the beginning of this year, a survey data from South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Products and Food showed that by the end of 2019, about 26.4% of households in South Korea owned one or more pets. That means that about 15 million South Koreans have pets. Coupled with the surge in anxiety in the Korean public during the epidemic, the demand for pets has further increased.
At the candidate discussion, some parliamentarians mentioned that at present, as many as 15 million people have pets, so everyone is very sensitive when it comes to the issue of eating dogs, and Yin Xiyue agrees with this. He immediately said that eating dog meat is not cruelty to animals, because dogs are divided into pet dogs and specially bred eating dogs, and pet dogs should of course be treated according to the standards of their families.
Yoon Seok-yue's words directly angered South Korean animal defense groups. On the afternoon of the 2nd, an animal protection organization held a press conference in Gwanghwamun Square, and some protesters held up various photos of the poor living conditions of dogs, including being locked in cages and being abused, and a protester wearing a dog's head sat in the front, holding a piece of paper with the words "bad habit of eating dogs" in his left hand and holding a pair of scissors in his right hand, trying to "remove" this "vice" with a knife.
The protest group said it would send a protest letter to Yin Xiyue's office, calling on Yin Xiyue to withdraw the relevant remarks and apologize as soon as possible, while asking it to issue an anachronistic animal welfare convention, including a ban on dog meat.
On the 3rd, another animal protection group went to Yin Xiyue's office to raise a banner to protest, saying that "no dog is born to be eaten."
South Korean animal protection group Kara also issued a statement publicly criticizing Yoon Seok-yue's statement as "unwise nonsense", believing that as a strong presidential candidate, he did not realize that "dogs are indistinguishable, and there is a deep connection between eating dogs and pet abuse."
The group said that this year, they found some "breed dogs" and Jindao dogs among the 100 dogs rescued in 3 slaughterhouses, so they asked Yoon Seok-yue whether this means that pet dogs can be eaten the moment they enter the dog farm.
Compared with the excitement of animal protection groups, the attention aroused by this matter on South Korean social media is relatively small, and the South Korean general election is imminent, and the "stain war" is a "normal" method.
Previously, South Korea's JoongAng Daily has pointed out that in recent years, south Korea has more and more pet owners, South Korea's general election is imminent, "love dogs" and "ban dog meat" Topic is the candidates to pull good feelings of the "weapon", as early as the end of June this year, several candidates just announced the candidacy for the presidency, and successively opened up with cats and dogs and other pets, showing an affinity image of the activities.
At that time, Yin Xiyue published a picture of himself holding a pet dog on Facebook, and added labels such as "Toly's dad" and "shoveling officer" in the self-introduction bar, emphasizing that he had pet dogs and pet cats, and at present, he himself is also a "pet blogger".
Lee Jae-ming also attended the seminar on "Improving the System of Eating Dog Meat and Pet Trading", saying that "people's understanding of pets has changed a lot, the era of lack of nutrition has passed, and it is time to put the issue of legislation prohibiting the consumption of dog meat into public discussion." At the time he was at the event, there were also some Meat Dog Association protesters outside the venue, but Lee insisted on his views.
According to the analysis of the Central Daily, Governor Li has realized that although he may lose some votes on the issue of opposing the consumption of dog meat, he is more likely to get more votes.
According to South Korea's JoongAng Daily, South Korea has been discussing whether to agree to eat dog meat for a long time, and in June this year, the polling agency Realmeter conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,012 adults, of which more than 72% believed that the consumption of dog meat should not be legislated and should be decided by individuals, most of whom also pointed out that a distinction should be made between pet dogs and eating dogs, believing that there is no conflict between keeping pet dogs and eating dog meat.
On the 3rd of this month, the agency again released an investigation report, pointing out that the Opinion of the South Korean people against the government's legislation banning dog meat prevailed.
According to the latest news from Yonhap News Agency, today (5th) afternoon, Yoon Seok-yue won the primary election of the largest opposition party, the National Power Party, and became the party's presidential candidate.
In 2016, Yoon Seok-yue served as the head of the prosecution team in the "Choi Soon-do-shihon-eon" case, arresting Park Geun-hye, Choi Soon-sil, and Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung Electronics. On the ninth day after Moon took office, he appointed Yoon Seok-wook to the core position of prosecutor - the chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office in South Korea, and Yoon Seok-wook directed the investigation of the Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak corruption cases, becoming Moon's right-hand man in the fight against corruption, and in 2019, Moon Jae-in promoted him to the position of South Korea's prosecutor general.
After becoming attorney general, due to discrepancies with Moon's intention to carry out "prosecutorial reform", Yoon Seok-yue and prosecutors repeatedly jointly targeted the Blue House, and received support from some conservatives, and in March this year, Yoon Seok-yue resigned, and on June 30, he officially announced his candidacy for president.
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