This photo, provided by Yonhap News TV, shows a police dog at a training center. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Police signed an agreement with the government of the southern county of Imsil on Wednesday to facilitate the burial of police dogs at South Korea’s only animal cemetery in the country to better honor their services.
Under the agreement, the Police Human Resources Development Institute and the government of Imsil, 218 kilometers southwest of Seoul, agreed to cooperate to secure a burial ground for police dogs at the Osu Pet Memorial Park in Imsil and help pay for their funeral costs.
The agreement came amid calls for more respectful treatment of police dogs, given their roles in assisting police with a wide range of tasks from saving lives to helping with scientific investigations.
Park Sung-joo, director of the Police Human Resources Development Institute, said he hopes the agreement will act as the foundation for promoting the respectful treatment of police dogs.
(Yonhap)
