South Korea Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases (가축전염병예방법) — Rabies as Designated Disease & Mandatory Dog Vaccination
Source: Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases (가축전염병예방법), Republic of Korea, first-hand text from the Ministry of Government Legislation national law portal (law.go.kr), rendered via Seoul relay Playwright on 2026-07-24. Status: in force.
Rabies (광견병 / 狂犬病) is listed among the "Category 1 designated contagious animal diseases" (제1종 가축전염병) under this Act. The Act also empowers city/mayor/district heads to confine or take necessary measures — at the owner's expense — against dogs/cats found roaming that have not received rabies vaccination. The claims below are verbatim Korean sentences from the Act as published on law.go.kr.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
광견병(狂犬病), 사슴만성소모성질병(慢性消耗性疾病) 및 그 밖에 이에 준하는 질병으로서 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 가축의 전염성 질병(Rabies (狂犬病), chronic wasting disease and other equivalent diseases, as designated infectious animal diseases of livestock by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Decree — listed among the Category 1 designated contagious animal diseases.)④ 시장ㆍ군수ㆍ구청장은 광견병 예방주사를 맞지 아니한 개, 고양이 등이 건물 밖에서 배회하는 것을 발견하였을 때에는 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 바에 따라 소유자의 부담으로 억류하거나 살처분 또는 그 밖에 필요한 조치를 할 수 있다. <개정 2013. 3. 23., 2025. 7. 22.>(Article: where a mayor/county-head/district-head finds a dog, cat, etc. that has not been rabies-vaccinated roaming outside a building, they may confine it, cull it, or take other necessary measures at the owner's expense.)1. 가축의 예방접종, 약물목욕, 임상검사 및 검사시료 채취(Item 3 of the biosecurity-manager duties: preventive vaccination of livestock, medicinal bathing, clinical examination and sampling for testing — preventive inoculation is an enumerated duty.)
Source: pdf-raw/kr-rabies/contagious_animal_disease_act.txt — first-hand Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases text (law.go.kr), pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright.