Explained: South Korea’s president considers banning dog meat, here is why

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has raised the possibility of banning the consumption of dog meat in the country. This comes at the time when there has been growing awareness of animal rights in South Korea and ongoing debate over the controversial practice of slaughtering dogs for food. In August this year,…

Chicken feed costs as much as branded atta; economics of poultry farming takes a toss

FOR THE poultry industry, the last one-and-a-half years have been nothing short of catastrophic. First, it was Covid, when prices of poultry products collapsed on misconceived fears linking their consumption to the virus’ transmission. This was in February-March 2000, even before the pandemic’s first wave and the…