Officials will clear out South Korea’s largest dog slaughterhouse over the next two days. The canine house of horrors has been shut following pressure from animal rights groups and lack of interest in the consumption of dog meat.
The slaughterhouse, south of the capital Seoul, will be dismantled to make room for a public park.
Korean Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) called the closure of the Taepyeong-dong complex in Seongnam city a “historic moment.”
“It will open the door for more closures of dog meat slaughterhouses across the country, expediting the decline of the overall dog meat industry,” they added.
