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A | 2026年8月，据《韩国先驱报》等媒体报道，距离韩国定于2027年2月全面生效的禁食狗肉法案仅剩数月，今年夏天成为该国狗肉合法交易的最后一个伏季。按照韩国传统习俗，三伏天喝一碗热气腾腾的狗肉汤滋补身体，这曾是狗肉馆一年中最火爆的消费旺季。如今，随着禁令进入倒计时，首尔及韩国多地的狗肉馆迎来了专程前来"吃最后一碗狗肉汤"的老食客，整个行业正逐步走向落幕。这项禁令的落地，标志着韩国绵延数百年的狗肉消费传统将正式终结。受宠物饲养普及、动物福利意识提升等因素影响，当地社会舆论已发生明显转向。韩国此前发布的一项民调显示，超过八成民众明确支持这项禁令，近九成受访者表示未来无意食用狗肉。

B | MACON, Ga. -- A South Carolina man previously convicted of smuggling protected turtles between the United States and Hong Kong faces new allegations of turtle-related crimes in Georgia. Bibb County sheriff's deputies arrested and jailed Steven Verren Baker, 43, of Holly Hill, South Carolina, on Tuesday and charged him with 15 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.No lawyer was listed in Georgia court records for Baker, who remained jailed Friday with bail set at $8,250. His South Carolina lawyer has since died.Deputies were responding to a call about an abandoned dog in Macon when they noticed turtles being held in a basin nestled in a pile of trash, WMAZ-TV reports. They wrote in an incident report that a woman identified as Baker's mother told deputies that Baker had left the turtles with her about two months ago. The mother agreed to hand the turtles over to deputies, saying she had been unable to get her son to retrieve them.A veterinarian said the turtles were suffering from long-term malnutrition, bacterial and fungal infections, sepsis and shell deformities.The turtles included 11 rare albino red-eared sliders, one brown red-eared slider and two pink-bellied side necks. There was also a Chinese golden thread turtle, which is considered endangered in the wild, but is legal to breed in captivity.Baker pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count of conspiracy to smuggle wildlife in federal court in South Carolina after postal inspectors at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York found 46 turtles concealed among noodles and candy in four packages in early 2016. The turtles would be placed in socks and shipped through the mail in boxes labeled “snacks.”Five other men pleaded guilty in the South Carolina court case, but officials described Baker as the ringleader. Federal officials say Baker was sending turtles from the United States to Hong Kong, as well as receiving turtles from Hong Kong. It's illegal to trade turtles abroad without a permit when they are protected by a treaty called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.Baker served more than two years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release that ended in April 2022.Baker was also ordered to forfeit $263,225, which is what officials said the turtles were worth.。在2024年该法案通过前的调查中，这一趋势已十分清晰。