A groomer trims a dog's fur at an animal clinic in Seoul, South Korea, July 6, 2016. Picture taken on July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea aims to regulate the increasingly common ownership of pets in a bid to promote an unsupervised sector that the government sees as economic growth opportunity, and to crack down on animal abuse and neglect.
Measures announced on Thursday will enable South Koreans to legally operate services for pets such as animal cafes, hotels and funeral parlours, while imposing stiffer punishment on breeders found using unsanitary or inhumane methods.
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