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.
Republic of Korea · 1991-05-31