BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Abandoned cats and migratory birds are in an uncomfortable stand-off in Eulsuk Island, one of South Korea’s major destinations for migratory birds. The small river island near the southern port city of Busan is a protected zone visited by tens of thousands of migratory birds. Due to the increasing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday it will introduce standard guidelines to protect animals appearing in films, TV series and advertisements. This comes as a response to the recent death of a horse that was forced to trip and fall while filming the KBS historical [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A member of Seoul’s municipal council has proposed an ordinance bill calling for the mayor to draw up a long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption and put it into action, officials said Monday. “The culture of thinking of pets as part of the family has already become a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases of animal abandonment reported in South Korea has dropped after COVID-19 kept pets and their owners indoors. The Korean Animal Welfare Association reported Wednesday that there were 116,984 reported cases of animal abandonment registered with the animal protection management system last year, which was 9.1 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens are increasingly concerned about their neutered pet cats experiencing unexpected side effects. An animal-related documentary on the state-run education broadcaster EBS introduced a pet cat that pees on unfamiliar smells. The cat’s owner believed that the cat had been neutered. It turned out that the cat, however, wasn’t. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans spend around 150,000 won (US$124) every month on their pets, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted a nationwide survey of 1,296 pet owners between the ages of 20 and 64, which showed that each pet owner has an average of [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal rights organization has announced plans to begin a thorough investigation into the use of pictures of rapacious birds on transparent sound walls, which it claims are ineffective against preventing birds from colliding with these types of barriers. The ‘Angry Vegans’, an animal rights organization active in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Wednesday that it has come up with new measures and policies to protect the Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins that live near Jeju Island. The dolphins were designated as a protected species in 2012. Some 120 of them are known to reside near the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a growing number of medical disputes over the treatment of pets, some Korean pet owners are saying that the issuance of medical diagnosis records for pets should be mandatory. Unlike general doctors who are obliged to issue medical records of diagnosis under current laws, veterinarians have no such [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Thursday the government will form a civilian-led consultative body to produce a social consensus on whether to ban dog meat consumption. Kim made the remark while presiding over a government policy coordination meeting, saying relevant ministries should make active efforts to determine the facts [...]