One in four vicious dogs ”uninsured”... More than 2,000 dog bites per year for five consecutive years in South Korea

It was revealed that one in four aggressive dogs in South Korea still does not have liability insurance. On the 7th, Seo Jeong-ho, a lawmaker from the ruling party's People Power Party and a member of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Forestry, Food, Marine and Fisheries Committee,
However, according to data obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, of the 2,298 registered vicious dogs in South Korea, only 1,795 (78.1%) were covered by liability insurance.
Due to the revision of the Animal Protection Act, owners of vicious dogs are required to purchase liability insurance from February 2021. However, only Seoul, Daegu, Gangwon-do and other cities and provinces out of 17 cities and provinces are required to purchase liability insurance.
It was found that all local governments except for Hokkaido Prefecture did not impose any fines. In addition, the number of dog bites per year has been recorded at over 2,000 for five consecutive years. The number of accidents in 2019 was 100,000.
(2,154 cases), 2020 (2,114 cases), 2021 (2,197 cases), 2022 (2,216 cases), and 2023 (2,235 cases).
"In order to encourage people to buy liability insurance for aggressive dogs, we need to strengthen the penalty clauses for not buying insurance and not crack down on local governments that do not enforce the law," said Seo.
"The system should be improved so that penalties are imposed on government second-formers," he said.