{"topic_id":"kr_animal_protection_abuse_transport","category":"kr-animal-protection","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_animal_protection_abuse_transport\ncategory: kr-animal-protection\ntitle: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules — first-hand Korean statute/rule text (law.go.kr / MFDS), pulled 2026-07-24\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt\nsource_type: kr_law_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 722\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 2\nsource_document: \"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Animal Protection Act\"\n  title: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules\"\n  url: \"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:jp-kr-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules\n\nArticle 10 prohibits cruel killing/abuse of animals; Article 11 sets the baseline for humane transport. The verified Korean text — not the English translation — is the source of record.\n\n## Article 10 — Prohibition of Animal Cruelty etc. (제10조 동물학대 등의 금지)\n\nUnder **제10조(동물학대 등의 금지)**, no person shall commit the following acts of killing or causing death to an animal:\n\n1. causing death by a cruel method such as hanging (*목을 매다는 등의 잔인한 방법으로 죽음에 이르게 하는 행위*);\n2. killing in a public place such as a street, or causing death in front of another animal of the same kind;\n3. using an animal as feed for another animal without unavoidable reason such as the animal's habits/ecological environment;\n4. causing an animal's death without just cause prescribed by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ordinance (e.g., direct threat to human life/body or property-damage prevention).\n\nNo person shall commit the following acts against an animal (제10조 제2항):\n\n1. causing injury by physical/chemical means such as tools or drugs — except where prescribed by Ordinance for disease prevention/treatment of the animal;\n2. damaging a living animal's body, collecting bodily fluids, or installing a device to collect bodily fluids.\n\n## Article 11 — Transport of Animals (제11조 동물의 운송)\n\nUnder **제11조(동물의 운송)**, a person transporting animals (as prescribed by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ordinance) must comply with:\n\n1. supplying suitable feed and water to animals in transit and avoiding shock/injury from abrupt start/braking;\n2. using vehicles structured to minimize pain from rapid temperature change, breathing difficulty, etc., and to avoid injury;\n3. taking necessary measures (e.g., installing partitions) so that sick, young, or pregnant/lactating animals with offspring are not injured by other animals in transit;\n4. not throwing or dropping the animal or its transport cage when loading/unloading, causing injury;\n5. (additional item — text truncated in source).\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt` — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).\n","sources":["Animal Protection Act — Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"Animal Protection Act","title":"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — prohibition of animal cruelty and transport rules","url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt"},"source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)","source_file":"pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":722,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}