2010-2011년도에 발생한 구제역 살처분 원인에 대한 문화 분석

• 영문명: The Cultural Analysis of 2010-2011 Foot and Mouth Disease Massacre in Korea
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 김선경(Seon Kyung Kim) 김지은(Ji Eun Kim) 백도명(Do Myung Paek)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제37권 제2호, 165~169쪽, 전체 5쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.04.30

영문 초록

Between January 2010 and March 2011, there were three outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South Korea. Over 3.45 million animals (5,660 farms) were slaughtered, which was 33.3% of the existing pigs, 8.4% of dairy cows and 3.4% of cattle. FMD disaster costs were estimated at around three billion Korean won. Nine civil servants were killed, over 150 people were wounded and 4,788 landfills were confronted with a pollution problem. Vaccination and slaughter are the two basic alternatives for eradication of FMD. Although slaughter is more violent, risky and expensive than vaccination, the Korean government had chosen only slaughter eradication by the end of 2010. Even though over three million animals were killed, FMD spread out over most of the country. Finally, the government chose to begin vaccination. Following vaccination, outbreaks decreased dramatically. The purpose of this report is a cultural analysis of the related decision-making process, laws and systems. For the culture analysis, we utilize interviews, symposiums, laws, FMD manual, government reports and press releases. In conclusion, we found that the FMD massacre was influenced by cultural and organizational factors. The cultural factors were economism, cheapening of the value of life, biased perceptions and fears. The organizational factors were a closed process of decision-making, monopoly system, a small homogeneous group and group-think. Therefore, more studies will be needed for those factors of FMD disasters in national-scale cases.

키워드

Foot and mouth disease Slaughter Value Perception fear