가축전염병 관리제도의 문제점과 개선방안

Since 2019, we have been experiencing a great human epidemic called, corona virus(Covid-19) and human life has undergone many changes. In particular, quarantine was implemented as a social precaution in the absence of accurate information on the fatality rate or contagiousness in the early stages of the coronavirus, measures called cohort isolation were witnessed to order movement restrictions throughout the building where the outbreak was confirmed. Although the response to infectious diseases of livestock is similar to that of humans in that it is based on movement restriction measures, etc., and blocking the factors that may cause transmission, it may be possible because it is the measures against animals that consider extreme measures such as killing. 「The Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases」 is a law that has been in place for more than 60 years, and since its revision in 2002, it has been underway to revise the necessary. Regulations on the killing of livestock have existed since the enactment of the law, and the basis for preventive killing was introduced into law in the 2001 amendment, and the law itself has remained unchanged to date. In this article, we will examine the problems of the current infectious disease control system for livestock infectious diseases, including the killing of animals, and evaluate the proposed amendment to 「The Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases」currently pending in the National Assembly, as well as review the parts and measures of other laws that need improvement.