SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Guide Dog School on Tuesday held a rehoming ceremony for eight guide dogs that were delivered to their visually-handicapped partners after completing training at a facility in Yongin, about 50 kilometers south of Seoul. They will begin a career in earnest as guide dogs after being delivered to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are bringing their dogs and cats with them when they travel by air. According to Korean Air Lines Co., 6,020 pets flew on its international flights and 12,775 pets travelled on domestic flights in the passenger cabin from January to August. During the same [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will open pet care centers for socially vulnerable groups on a trial basis. The project, to end on Dec. 22, aims to support vulnerable groups who face difficulties arranging accomodation for their pets in case of a long-term absence. The pet care [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Autonomous Police Commission said said Tuesday it will begin a pet patrol program in which members engage in crime prevention activities as they take their pets on a stroll. The committee, following positive feedback from a test project conducted in Gangdong District in May and June, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to startups, Dr.Tail Inc., a veterinary telehealth startup founded by Daehwa Rayer Lee, is as rare and as bold as they come. The Seoul-based company has set its sights on the U.S. pet care market — estimated at around US$150.8 billion as of 2020 — from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Konkuk University announced Thursday the opening of Asia’s first canine blood donation center near the university’s veterinary medical teaching hospital. The clinic was set up to resolve the issue of so-called blood supply dogs that are born and raised solely for the purpose of supplying [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will move a dolphin kept in an aquarium for more than a decade into a pen in the sea, as a step toward releasing him into the wild, the oceans ministry said Wednesday. Experts said Bibong, a male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and believed to be 23 years [...]
CHEONGJU, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With wild animals entering their breeding season between May and July, young offspring are getting lost or hurt in accidents in downtown or residential areas due to various development projects and the destruction of their habitat. The Wildlife Center of Chungbuk reported that 670 out of 881 wild animals [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Zoo, inside the Seoul Grand Park, just south of Seoul, held a special event on Tuesday to offer respite to its animals suffering from the sweltering summer heat. For Siberian tigers, the park cooled down the water temperature of the swimming pool by floating large pieces of ice [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Eco-friendly water cremation will now be possible for pet funerals. The Ombudsman for Small and Medium Businesses reported that new enforcement regulations for the Animal Protection Act have recently been implemented, adding water cremation to the list of pet disposition possibilities. Unlike ordinary cremation methods that involve fire and [...]