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Many people raise pets as a family, but there are people who throw them away irresponsibly.

In particular, the number of pets abandoned at tourist destinations during summer vacation is increasing.



Reporter Yoon Su-jin of G1 Broadcasting reports.



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were together when we came, but we are all alone.



When I was raised as a family, I threw it away because I was old, because I was sick, and because I didn't listen.



This is Makgeolli, a baby puppy born less than two months old.



Abandoned in the box with my brother, arrived around the beginning of this month.



I leave for a vacation in another area, and leave it in a valley and a pension, but in Pyeongchang, there are four times more animals abandoned in the last 10 days than in the past month.



As soon as the holiday season begins, local governments are flooded with announcements of abandoned animals adoption.



[Pyeongchang-gun official: There are many abandoned dogs in the season when there are a lot of real tourists in the summer...

There are a lot of people who come to play at a pension like this and then just throw it away there.]



The period of protecting an animal that has lost its owner is only 10 days.



If neither the owner nor the adoptee can be found in this place, a healthy life must lose its life.



If it's not a popular species or a pup, no one is looking for it.



[Jang Young-sil / Consignment Manager for Abandoned Animals: All on the road, on the road, or in the case of pups, put them in a box…

If the child cannot be adopted or the owner cannot be found, they will be euthanized.

I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry.]



If you discard an animal, the owner will be fined up to 3 million won according to the relevant law, but punishment is not easy as witnesses must report along with evidence.



[Kim Young-hwan / CEO of Animal Rights Group 'Care': No matter how high the fine is, if the probability of detection is low, it will not be followed.

Adopting animals must be tricky.

Whether to have them go through an adoption review or to pay a special consumption tax…

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As the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs recently announced that it would expand the animal welfare budget, including support for adoption expenses for abandoned animals, over 18,000 animals lost or abandoned last year were counted.



(Video coverage: Lee Chun-rak G1 Broadcasting)