A handout photo taken and received on November 22, 2018 by US-based animal rights group the Humane Society shows cages at the Taepyeong-dong dog slaughterhouse complex in Seongnam city, south of Seoul. THE HUMANE SOCIETY / AFP
SEOUL: South Korean officials on Thursday began to dismantle the country's largest canine slaughterhouse complex, as animal rights activists push to end the custom of eating dog meat.