SOUTH KOREA -- A South Korean man was arrested for slaughtering 600 stray cats and selling the meat for medicinal soups.
The man, identified only by the surname Jeong, was taken into custody in May for violating South Korea's animal protection laws, reported Yonhap on Thursday.
Jeong, who is in his 50s, said he sold the meat to traditional Korean health care centers – claiming the meat could be used in soups to treat arthritis.
South Korea's Chosun TV reported Jeong employed a brutal method of butchering the cats.
After trapping the cat, he would throw the live cat into boiling water, pull out the dead cat's fur then store the gutted meat in vinyl packages – in an industrial-sized refrigerator.
When police raided his secluded farmhouse, they found a trash bin stuffed with animal intestines and organs. Inside a refrigerator were packages of unidentifiable meat.
Jeong had been dealing in cat meat since February 2014, north Busan police said.
He would make as much as $13.72 per cat meat pack, and earned a total of $8,230.14 in revenue before his arrest on May 8.
Jeong said he was destitute and performing different kinds of menial labor before he found his way into his illegal business.
Busan police said they managed to rescue 18 cats trapped inside boxes.
Due to a legal loophole, the health care centers in question will not be charged for acquiring the cat meat.
(UPI.com - May 21, 2015)
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Animal keeper killed in lion attack at Seoul zoo
SOUTH KOREA -- An animal keeper died Thursday after apparently being attacked by two lions at a zoo in South Korea's capital, officials said.
A colleague found the keeper, 52-year-old Kim Geun-bae, unconscious and bleeding heavily from his neck and legs in the animals' enclosure, as a male and female lion wandered near him, according to Seoul Children's Grand Park official Jisun Lee.
Kim was pronounced dead at a hospital about two hours later, she said.
There were no witnesses or visitors at the time of the attack because the zoo has been closed since last week to prevent the spread of avian flu, Lee said.
The park said Kim had 20 years' experience as an animal keeper and had been working with dangerous animals such as lions, tigers and leopards for the past three years.
Lee said the zoo is waiting for police to examine security camera video and other evidence before deciding what to do with the lions.
(CBS News - Feb 12, 2015)
A colleague found the keeper, 52-year-old Kim Geun-bae, unconscious and bleeding heavily from his neck and legs in the animals' enclosure, as a male and female lion wandered near him, according to Seoul Children's Grand Park official Jisun Lee.
Kim was pronounced dead at a hospital about two hours later, she said.
There were no witnesses or visitors at the time of the attack because the zoo has been closed since last week to prevent the spread of avian flu, Lee said.
The park said Kim had 20 years' experience as an animal keeper and had been working with dangerous animals such as lions, tigers and leopards for the past three years.
Lee said the zoo is waiting for police to examine security camera video and other evidence before deciding what to do with the lions.
(CBS News - Feb 12, 2015)
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