SUWON, Korea, Dec 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration said on December 15 that it would make available an educational video for dog owners on how to properly care for pet dogs as a way to reduce the incidence of abandoned pets. The number of abandoned pets has steadily increased for the past several [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a new research, the efficacy of horseback riding rehabilitation matches that of medications for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and is perhaps even stronger. The team led by professor Yu Sook Joung at Seoul Samsung Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic held a [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people raise their awareness on animal experimentation, cosmetic companies worldwide are responding to the call for more ethical consumption of cosmetics without involving animals in any form. On upcoming November 16, Lush Retail, the British cosmetic purveyor famous for fresh handmade cosmetics, will hold the first [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, Nov 07 (Korea Bizwire) – Since the airing of a documentary on KBS-TV exposing the unscrupulous practice of some pet food makers, millions of angry pet owners began boycotting non-organic pet food and instead buying up premium animal feed products. The TV program showed shocking scenes in which sick or dead chickens were mixed into [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Dog TV,” the channel for pet dogs, will make a debut in Korea next month. CJ HelloVision, Korea’s cable TV operator, said on October 18 that it would launch a new channel for dogs beginning in early or mid-November. Most programs to be aired on the channel will [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 08 (Korea Bizwire) — In 2013 Mobile World Congress held in February at Barcelona, Spain, a service called “Tractive” has been given keen attention by pet lovers. The service is intended to keep tract of dogs and cats so that their owners don’t have to worry about pets straying too far [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 26 (Korea Bizwire) – If you’d like to witness the growing enthusiasm for pets in Korea, ‘K-PET fair 2013′ would be an excellent opportunity to get to know the latest trends on pet culture and pet products available in Korea. This year’s exhibition is expected to be much bigger in size [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 26 (Korea Bizwire) – During the long Chuseok holidays, the business that benefited most was none other than pet hotels. As more and more people adopt pet dogs and cats, they tend to rely more on the service of professional pet caretakers. A pet owner who took her dog during the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 14 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on September 7 based on a research project commissioned to the Korea Social Economic Institute, the number of house cats in Korea has almost doubled in two years to 1.16 million in 2012 from 630,000 in 2010. The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 07 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the upcoming fall season, Seoul Grand Park has launched a special program “From Seoul Zoo to DMZ,” jointly with School Gimm-Young Publishers, a publishing house specializing in children’s books. Attempted for the first time by the Grand Park, the program allows children to experience firsthand wildlife [...]