on december 13, 2016, the termination of dog slaughter and the closure of slaughtering facilities at moran market was announced by the local government and vendors' association. the decision was reached in an effort to mitigate the negative views of the market by remodeling it as part of a city project. all of the dog slaughtering facilities in the market were planned to be removed by may 2017 and the vendors were to be aided financially by the government in the process.