While the current Act bans anyone from engaging in any wild animal abuse, inflicting any wound on wild animals by using implements or drugs, and beating or injuring wild animals for advertising or exhibition purposes under the Wildlife Protection and Management Act and defines punishment for any violation of the foregoing, no provision explicitly specifies a ban on “animal shows.”

Since it has been pointed out that artificial training and abuse are involved for “animal shows” and cruel shows are often conducted, which requires the sacrifice of many animals and endangers them, Italy, Austria, Singapore, Denmark, and Israel legally ban any “animal show” involving any wild animal.

This Act aims to ban training animals with an artificial method for display purposes and any show featuring animals, create related penalties, and promote the welfare of animals under the ownership of zoos and aquariums.

In addition, this Act adds “the death and disease status of animals under ownership” to the list of documents submitted to the Mayor/Do Governor and changes the reporting period from once a year to every six months to promote the systematic operation of aquariums (Articles 7, 9, 10, and 16).

Ban training animals with an artificial method for display purposes and any show featuring animals, and impose penalties for any violation of the foregoing (Articles 7 and 16).

Add “the death and disease status of animals under ownership” to the list of documents submitted to the Mayor/Do Governor and changes the reporting period from once a year to every six months (Article 10).