BREAKING NEWS!!! Humane Society International has just in the past few hours received word, that South Korea, which has some of the largest dog meat slaughterhouses throughout the providences of Asia, will be shutting down every one of them. Government officials will be helping the vendors and farmers rebuild and create new businesses for them and their families. This is a MAJOR VICTORY.. it is a Miracle.. Mahalo to everyone who signed and shared their Petitions, and BRAVO to Humane Society International for paving the way and never giving up!! Mahalo

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  There is hope. Woohae Cho/AP Images for HSI

Moran Market is South Korea’s largest dog meat market. It supplies one third of all the dog meat consumed in the country, selling an estimated 80,000 dogs—dead or alive—each year.

Now, an incredible announcement: It’s shutting down.

According to The Korea Herald, all 22 dog meat vendors will start removing slaughter facilities and dog cages next week and will completely move them out by early May.

Seongnam City has agreed to provide financial support for them to refurbish their shops for new businesses—a model very similar to the one HSI has been using to transition dog meat farmers out of the trade.

Although Humane Society International was not involved in this particular decision. It was  clear proof  that their model is succeeding and being considered and adopted by government officials. They are working very hard to hold their commitment in safeguarding animals from cruelty. Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, told The Korea Herald: “Seongnam City will take the initiative to transform South Korea’s image since ‘the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.’”

To date, Humane Society International has closed five dog meat farms and rescued and transported 572 dogs to the United States and Canada to be placed in loving new homes. Our team has also been working to change the perception of “meat dogs” as being somehow different from “pet dogs.”

Humane Society International's ultimate goal is a ban on the dog meat trade, and their strategy is to create the right political and societal circumstances to make this possible.

Officials with Seongnam City have come to an agreement with the 22 dog meat vendors of Moran dog meat market to help them close and refurbish their store fronts to new businesses, a model very similar to the HSI farm closure strategy. The market currently supplies one-third of all dog meat consumed in South Korea, meaning that one-third of the dog meat supply, and the endless suffering that accompanies it, will soon be gone for good.

As soon as next week, slaughterhouses will start to shut down and the cages will start to be removed, with the sale of dog meat in the market ending once and for all by the end of May, 2017

This is an amazing VICTORY for Humane Society International and their tenacity never giving up the fight to save all dogs from slaughter and to shut down Dog Meat Farms throughout Asia.  NOW LETS STOP "CHINA"