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Animal Protection Act.

Country/Territory
Korea, Republic of
Document type
Legislation
Date
1991 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Basic legislation Animal welfare Animal health Animal production
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to protect the life and safety of animals by prescribing the matters necessary for proper protection and administration of animals such as the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry may encourage local governments or nongovernmental organizations to take an active part in the animal protection movement which intends to protect animals and other activities concerned. Article 5 defines the proper breeding and administration of animals. Prohibition of cruelty, etc. to animals and protection measures for abandoned animals are dealt with in articles 6 and 7. In case an experiment using animals is conducted for education, academic research or other scientific purposes, it shall be done with a method which inflicts as little pain as possible. Article 11 gives limitations on the provisions of article 6.

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