CHEONGJU, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An eagle owl that has been poaching chickens has been ‘apprehended’ by the police. On February 15 at 10:40 a.m., a 70-centimeter tall eagle owl flew into a poultry farm in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province to feed on chickens. It wasn’t the owl’s first ‘offense’. According to the owner [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Thursday they have filed charges with prosecutors against a woman in her 20s who allegedly threw a puppy at a pet shop in Gangneung on South Korea’s east coast last week in violation of the animal protection law. Gangneung Police Station, in northeastern Gangwon Province, recommended an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Monday that it will start developing the first comprehensive management plan for aquariums to create facilities that are safe for both people and animals and expand their functions. The comprehensive plan is in accordance with the act on the management of zoos and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Won-soon, the mayor of Seoul, said he plans to shutter all dog slaughterhouses in the South Korean capital. Park, during a meeting with the audience on Saturday at a movie theater after watching a South Korean animation film, “The Underdog”, said he is working towards shutting down all [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province on Sunday, the current shelter for abandoned dogs is overcrowded, and plans are in the works to expand the facilities by the end of this year. The city plans to build a 660-square-meter environmentally-friendly building to protect abandoned dogs and [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been found that there are more than 4,000 dogs abandoned every year in the city of Busan alone, but only 700 dogs are typically adopted by new owners. On the other hand, 3,000 cats are abandoned every year, and 80 percent of them die naturally in shelters. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Beginning in May, those with pets will be able to make an insurance claim with an animal insurance company immediately after receiving animal care. Sung Dae-kyu, the head of the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), said at a press conference Wednesday that the ‘Pet Insurance Claims Online Processing System’ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Much attention is being paid to a new care system for cats released in China by a South Korean business entrepreneur, Choi Choong-kwang. According to industry analysts on January 20, the service called ‘Butler Kang’ was introduced in China to check the health of a cat in real time [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of civic groups filed a complaint Friday asking for a police investigation into mounting suspicions that a high-profile animal rights activist has secretly been exterminating stray pets with drugs in her shelter and misusing donations. They accuse Park So-yeon, chief executive of Care, of euthanizing more than [...]
JEJU, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju provincial government announced on Monday that it will support the full cost of neutering operations at a designated animal hospital from the February 15 to 28 The purpose is to minimize stray dogs roaming around the island. The provincial government has allocated 100 million won (US$89,330) to [...]