Ryu Ki-jun, former South Jeolla Province Assemblyman: “Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Must Take the Lead in Fostering the Black Goat Industry”

On November 25, former South Jeolla Provincial Assembly member Ryu Gi-jun (Democratic Party of Korea, Hwasun 2) argued at the ‘2025 Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services Budget Review’ of the Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Committee that “the Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services needs to actively respond to the black goat industry, which has grown more than threefold since 2018.” Assembly member Ryu Gi-jun said, “The goat industry is rapidly expanding due to the effects of the Dog Meat Consumption Cessation Act, which prohibits the breeding, slaughtering, distribution and sale of dogs for consumption purposes starting in February 2027, but the Agricultural Research and Extension Services seems to be lacking in its preparations for this,” and argued that “in the current situation where chicken, duck and pig breeding have become commercialized, the livestock species that farmers can breed and distribute as individuals ...