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As you can see, there are over 300 consumer consultations each year due to disputes related to animal hospitals. However, even if the treated animal is injured or killed, the animal hospital is not obliged to provide medical records.

Reporter Han So-hee pointed out this part.

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Mr. A, the owner of 'Coco', insisted that the hospital did not disclose medical records and could not receive CCTV at the Blue House petition that claimed the hospital's negligence.

In medical disputes related to veterinary hospitals, it is a matter of obtaining detailed medical records as the victims of the animals cannot express their intentions.

However, unlike the medical law that prevents patients from refusing to submit medical records without justifiable reasons, the veterinarian law does not have any obligation to submit medical records.

[Song Si-Yeon / Legal Support Center, Animal Freedom Coalition Lawyer: You can't be with a guardian when you do treatment. The only way to find out what kind of activity has been done is through the medical records. Veterinarians have no obligation to issue such medical records.]


In addition, under current law, animals are regulated as objects, so even if they are killed or injured, criminal punishment is difficult unless deliberately proved.

[Songsiyeon / Animal Liberties Union Law Center lawyer: or penalties for excessive care act, or seem to need something that the mandate that basically issued a medical record in order to receive a license suspension, license cancellation -

Korea Consumer Agency has More than 300 cases of veterinary hospital-related disputes are received each year.

Although it is the animal group's argument that it is mandatory to submit medical records and to change the current law system for viewing animals as objects, amendments to related laws that have been initiated since 2017 have not been processed.

(Video coverage: Jongsoo Hong, Namseong Kim, Yongwoo Kim, Video editing: Jongwoo Kim)