{"id":41251,"date":"2019-07-04T15:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T06:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=41251"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:21:23","slug":"government-rabbit-husbandry-mandate-evokes-memories-of-north-korean-famine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/government-rabbit-husbandry-mandate-evokes-memories-of-north-korean-famine\/","title":{"rendered":"Government rabbit husbandry mandate evokes memories of North Korean famine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41262\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-41262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"Chongjin Rabbit Breeding Stock Farm\" width=\"696\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-696x454.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-1068x696.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min-645x420.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\ud1a0\ub07c-min.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chongjin Rabbit Breeding Stock Farm. Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The North Korean authorities are telling residents to turn the raising of \u201canimals that eat grass\u201d into a nationwide movement. Residents, however, are allegedly unhappy with the re-emergence of this state policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe authorities encouraged people to raise grass-fed animals after the end of the Arduous March (the mass famine of the 1990s) and told everyone to raise rabbits. Now they are telling people to do it again,\u201d a South Pyongan Province-based source told Daily NK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people are complaining because rabbits eat up so much of the grass on the mountains and fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, those ordered by the authorities to raise rabbits found that the animals show a particular fondness for the leaves of young acacia trees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The trees look strange, the source said. &#8220;Almost as if their leaves have fallen during the winter, the source said. Some North Koreans have questioned whether the policies encouraged by the authorities are leading to a decline in the health of the trees.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, the authorities are encouraging residents to raise more livestock as part of government plans to resolve their \u201cfood problems\u201d through self-sufficient means and bring about economic growth. The announcements mirror past efforts to raise rabbits during the Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il eras to encourage self-sufficiency among the people as the country\u2019s economy faltered due to chronic mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>On June 1, the Rodong Sinmun ran an article entitled \u201cThe Entire Nation [Must Raise] Livestock.\u201d The article argues that the \u201cParty\u2019s policy to raise more livestock across the entire country is justified to meet the people\u2019s demand for livestock-related products in a short time and using all the resources available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another article in the publication on June 7 published remarks by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that went, \u201c[We must] start a national movement to raise grass-fed animals at home and develop collective raising of livestock at collective farms and the individual raising of livestock at home. We must create a craze for livestock throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article goes on to say that the &#8220;Party will adhere to the policy aimed at increasing the number of grass-fed animals to ensure the development of our country\u2019s livestock industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rodong Sinmun has placed particular emphasis on the raising of rabbits. A \u201cCommentary\u201d published on April 2 entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Transform the Livestock Industry\u201d called on North Koreans to \u201craise a lot of grass-fed animals at home\u201d and that \u201cIt is very important for the people to take part in the nationwide movement to raise rabbits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An article in the same publication published on March 21 entitled \u201cEnthusiastically Creating a National Movement\u201d connected the raising of rabbits with Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il\u2019s legacies. \u201cRaising rabbits is not just a simple way to improve the economy; it is an important way to responsibly follow the legacies of the Great Suryong (Supreme Leader) and Great General,\u201d the paper states.<\/p>\n<p>However, many North Koreans do not support the government\u2019s efforts to increase the number of rabbits in the country, because it requires the planting of grass for the rabbits on land normally used for their own crops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have to plant grass for rabbits to eat on their land. This is to ensure they meet the quotas for rabbits set by the authorities. They are saying that the state is being extremely arrogant,\u201d a separate source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a relatively large amount of grass available in the mountainous regions of the country so people there can manage alright. The authorities, however, are demanding that people in flatter, and less grassy areas raise the same number of rabbits as other areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plains of North Korea\u2019s west coast don\u2019t have many mountains and most of the mountains there don\u2019t have trees. There\u2019s very little grass on the plains in the region, so people living there will have difficulty meeting the demands of the government to raise rabbits,\u201d Cho Chong Hee, a researcher at Good Farmers and an expert on North Korean livestock, told Daily NK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments have to implement their policies to match regional and environment conditions. In North Korea, however, the government tends to unilaterally force its people to follow a single policy nationwide, so it\u2019s natural that many North Koreans are unhappy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cho also told Daily NK that rabbit rearing was emphasized by the state when North Korea faced enormous difficulties during Kim Il Sung\u2019s rule in the early 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After that, people were told to raise rabbits again in the 1990s during the famine,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That North Korean officials are again emphasizing rabbit-raising suggests that their economy is facing a lot of difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Korean authorities are telling residents to turn the raising of \u201canimals that eat grass\u201d into a nationwide movement. 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