Ahead of Korea’s dog meat ban, this meat is booming

“As Korea’s ban on dog meat consumption is set to take effect next year, the goat market is seeing a boom as an alternative source of restorative food, signaling a potential shift in the livestock industry landscape in Gyeonggi Province, the country’s largest such market. Gyeonggi Province said Monday that the Paju-Yeoncheon Livestock Cooperative, which operates a goat auction market, sold 174 goats in the first half of last year and 381 in the second half. The market opened in August 2024 and sold 151 goats that year, making the second-half figure last year more than double its opening-year volume. The total trade value also nearly doubled from the year earlier and reached 186 million won (around $124,000). The goat auction market recorded a total of 171 goats traded through April this year, despite disruptions caused by a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak at a farm in Ganghwa County, Incheon, on Jan. 30 that forced the market to close in February and March. The report showed each auction sold more than 40 goats on average, up from 34 a year earlier. Goats sold for medicinal use gener

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