Yongin City's Cheoin-gu Works to Prevent Pet-Related Safety Accidents... Intensive Crackdown on Animal Protection Act Violations

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City's Cheoin-gu announced on the 3rd that it will conduct an intensive crackdown on violations of the Animal Protection Act through June, in order to prevent safety accidents caused by pets and to spread a mature pet culture.

The crackdown will take place at major parks within the district and along the Gyeongancheon walking trail.

The targets of the crackdown include failure to use pet leashes, animal registration status, whether identification tags are attached, failure to collect excrement, and compliance with muzzle requirements for dangerous dogs.

Under the Animal Protection Act, pets aged two months or older must be registered, and safety measures such as leashes or harnesses must be used when taking them outside. Leashes or harnesses must be within 2 meters, and excrement must be cleaned up by the owner.

In addition, to prevent safety accidents, dangerous dogs such as Tosa, American Pit Bull Terriers, and Rottweilers must wear muzzles when outside once they reach three months of age or older.

In the case of a first violation, fines of 200,000 won will be imposed for failure to comply with safety measures, 200,000 won for failure to register a registration-subject animal, 50,000 won for failure to attach an identification tag, 50,000 won for failure to collect excrement, and 1 million won for dangerous dog owners who violate compliance requirements such as failure to wear a muzzle.

Along with the crackdown on violations, the district will also carry out inspections of facilities such as animal sales businesses and pet service businesses. Through this, the district plans to take administrative measures such as business suspensions against establishments found to be improperly or inadequately managed.

A district official said, "We hope this intensive crackdown will serve as a good opportunity to create an environment where both pet owners and non-pet owners can live happily, and to establish a proper pet culture."