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sites due to livestock epidemics has occurred not only in the
ⓒnewsis
pastbutisalsohappeningrightnow.
In the case of soil, it is not easy to recover from
contamination caused by killing. Author Moon Sun-hee, who
has photographically recorded the burial site of animals due
to stamping-outpolicy,saidataseminar on“AskingforLife”
in 2018, that she randomly visited 100 burial sites three years
after the stamping-out policy which was the excavation ban
period, and found that most of the burial sites were still in
very bad shape, with a terrible smell even three years later.
She said that the moldy burial site was soggy, and it even felt
▲Leachate is a liquid made when rotten water and blood from the
creepy.
corrupteddeadbodiesoflivestockintheburialsitearecombined.
The same is true of groundwater. In November 2011, when
the Ministry of Environment was struggling with foot-and-mouth disease, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
found that there was a possibility of leachate leakage, a liquid made when rotten water and blood from the corrupted
dead bodies of livestock in the burial site are combined, at 105 burial sites nationwide. In the groundwater of two plastic
greenhouses30meterawayfromthelivestockburialsite,3.817mgand1.120mgoflivestockcarcassesweredetectedper
literrespectively.Assuch,theburying-typeofstamping-outpolicyhasaseriousbadeffectontheenvironment.
3.MentalandPhysicalHealthProblemsofParticipantsoftheStamping-outPolicy
According to Yonhap News, Jung, who worked for a livestock cooperative in South Chungcheong Province, committed
suicide in 2011 due to the trauma of killing animals. Jung was sent to conduct livestock burial work after the foot-and-
mouthdiseasebrokeoutinDangjinCity,SouthChungcheongProvince,80kilometersfromSeoul,inlateDecember2010,
when he was forced to bury live cows and pigs, including newborn livestock. However, Jung had to visit the burial site
untilSeptember2011toremoveleachateflowingout.Jungcouldnotenduretheguiltandstressandeventuallycommitted
suicideinOctober2011.ThiskindoftraumaisnotjustuniquetoJung.In2017,accordingtotheNationalHumanRights
Commission of Korea’s survey of 268 people, including public officials across the country, 76 percent of the respondents
showedpost-traumaticstressdisorder.*
However, this PTSD has now become a phenomenon mainly experienced by service companies and foreign workers
in such companies. This is because recently, service companies are mainly in charge of carrying out the stamping-out
policy.AccordingtotheMinistryofAgriculture,FoodandRuralAffairs’report“Thestatusofmanpowerparticipatingin
the stamping-out policy due to foot-and-mouth disease and Avian Influenza (AI)*,” the ratio of public officials decreased
from 50.3 percent between 2014 and 2015 to 16.4 percent between 2017 and 2018. On the other hand, the ratio of service
personnel increased rapidly from 27 percent to 74.8 percent during the same period. Representative Lee said, “Recently,
most of the time, service companies are participating in the stamping-out policy instead of public officials and they are
going through unspeakable stress and trauma. Chickens are crumpled in a bag and the sound of bone crushing is heard,
and pigs are screaming to save their lives; of course, post-traumatic stress is inevitable,” he said. It is time to reveal the
problemsthatservicecompaniesandamajorityofforeignworkersbelongingtothemhavetoexperienceinthestamping-
outpolicyprocessthatleavessuchstress,andalsotheproblemofthestamping-outpolicyitselfinthefirstplace.
*Post-TraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD):Aconditioninwhichapersonfeelsfearafterexperiencingaseriouseventsuchaswar,torture,naturaldisaster,oraccident,
andsuffersthroughcontinuousre-experienceaftertheevent,andconsumesmassiveenergytoescapeit.
*Avian Influenza (AI): Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease which occurs primarily in poultry and wild water birds. Avian influenza viruses are either
highorlowpathogenicvirusesdependingonthemolecularcharacteristicofthevirusanditsabilitytocausediseaseandmortalityinchickens.
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sites due to livestock epidemics has occurred not only in the
ⓒnewsis
pastbutisalsohappeningrightnow.
In the case of soil, it is not easy to recover from
contamination caused by killing. Author Moon Sun-hee, who
has photographically recorded the burial site of animals due
to stamping-outpolicy,saidataseminar on“AskingforLife”
in 2018, that she randomly visited 100 burial sites three years
after the stamping-out policy which was the excavation ban
period, and found that most of the burial sites were still in
very bad shape, with a terrible smell even three years later.
She said that the moldy burial site was soggy, and it even felt
▲Leachate is a liquid made when rotten water and blood from the
creepy.
corrupteddeadbodiesoflivestockintheburialsitearecombined.
The same is true of groundwater. In November 2011, when
the Ministry of Environment was struggling with foot-and-mouth disease, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
found that there was a possibility of leachate leakage, a liquid made when rotten water and blood from the corrupted
dead bodies of livestock in the burial site are combined, at 105 burial sites nationwide. In the groundwater of two plastic
greenhouses30meterawayfromthelivestockburialsite,3.817mgand1.120mgoflivestockcarcassesweredetectedper
literrespectively.Assuch,theburying-typeofstamping-outpolicyhasaseriousbadeffectontheenvironment.
3.MentalandPhysicalHealthProblemsofParticipantsoftheStamping-outPolicy
According to Yonhap News, Jung, who worked for a livestock cooperative in South Chungcheong Province, committed
suicide in 2011 due to the trauma of killing animals. Jung was sent to conduct livestock burial work after the foot-and-
mouthdiseasebrokeoutinDangjinCity,SouthChungcheongProvince,80kilometersfromSeoul,inlateDecember2010,
when he was forced to bury live cows and pigs, including newborn livestock. However, Jung had to visit the burial site
untilSeptember2011toremoveleachateflowingout.Jungcouldnotenduretheguiltandstressandeventuallycommitted
suicideinOctober2011.ThiskindoftraumaisnotjustuniquetoJung.In2017,accordingtotheNationalHumanRights
Commission of Korea’s survey of 268 people, including public officials across the country, 76 percent of the respondents
showedpost-traumaticstressdisorder.*
However, this PTSD has now become a phenomenon mainly experienced by service companies and foreign workers
in such companies. This is because recently, service companies are mainly in charge of carrying out the stamping-out
policy.AccordingtotheMinistryofAgriculture,FoodandRuralAffairs’report“Thestatusofmanpowerparticipatingin
the stamping-out policy due to foot-and-mouth disease and Avian Influenza (AI)*,” the ratio of public officials decreased
from 50.3 percent between 2014 and 2015 to 16.4 percent between 2017 and 2018. On the other hand, the ratio of service
personnel increased rapidly from 27 percent to 74.8 percent during the same period. Representative Lee said, “Recently,
most of the time, service companies are participating in the stamping-out policy instead of public officials and they are
going through unspeakable stress and trauma. Chickens are crumpled in a bag and the sound of bone crushing is heard,
and pigs are screaming to save their lives; of course, post-traumatic stress is inevitable,” he said. It is time to reveal the
problemsthatservicecompaniesandamajorityofforeignworkersbelongingtothemhavetoexperienceinthestamping-
outpolicyprocessthatleavessuchstress,andalsotheproblemofthestamping-outpolicyitselfinthefirstplace.
*Post-TraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD):Aconditioninwhichapersonfeelsfearafterexperiencingaseriouseventsuchaswar,torture,naturaldisaster,oraccident,
andsuffersthroughcontinuousre-experienceaftertheevent,andconsumesmassiveenergytoescapeit.
*Avian Influenza (AI): Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease which occurs primarily in poultry and wild water birds. Avian influenza viruses are either
highorlowpathogenicvirusesdependingonthemolecularcharacteristicofthevirusanditsabilitytocausediseaseandmortalityinchickens.
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