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Since 2014, the animal registration system has been compulsory to raise companion animals responsibly. However, there are many animals that are discarded even if there is an embedded chip containing the owner's information, and the necessary treatment may be delayed.



This is TJB reporter Kim Chul-jin.



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front leg is broken, and maggots are infested with the bone-exposed wound.



The tongue remains deeply scarred as if it had been cut by a sharp object.



The wounds of Mochi, a 2-year-old puppy, found on the 10th of last month in a vacant lot on the outskirts of Daejeon are tragic.



The wound on the tongue is not a simple accident, but a situation suspected of abuse,



[Lee Ah-reum / Head of Surgery at Animal Medical Center: The maggots ate up the surrounding flesh so that all the bones in the toes were visible. (The wound on the tongue) has a very uniformly sharp cross section... .]



Animal protection activist Mr. A tried to take the mochi to a specialized hospital as soon as he found the mochi in the shelter in a miserable state, but was unable to do so.



This is because Mochi is a dog whose owner is registered, so he had to wait for the owner to visit him under the Animal Protection Act.



[Animal protection individual activist: Because of the notice period (set by the law), of course, it is not possible, and whether adoption or temporary protection is not possible… .] The



ward office in charge called the dog owner several times with the information registered in the animal protection management system, but no contact was reached, and in the end, after the stipulated ten days passed, Mochi was adopted by Mr. A and is receiving treatment late.



Mr. A says that the animal registration system, which is sufficient if the dog owner does not contact him, can become a shackle to the animals.



[Animal protection individual activist: I don't know if there is any meaning in registering an animal when a dog with a built-in chip goes to the shelter and cannot find the owner.]



Unless you can find or punish

a dog owner

who avoids contact, the animal This is


why it is

pointed out that the registration system cannot prevent animal abandonment

.



(Video coverage: Choi Woon-gi TJB)