SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government-civilian consultative body on dog meat consumption decided Friday to extend its operations for two more months for further discussions on the sensitive issue in the country. The 21-member task force was launched in December to come up with compromise policy recommendations on dog meat consumption in [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural Minister nominee Chung Hwang-keun said Wednesday he will push for an end to dog meat consumption through social compromise. Chung expressed his position on the long-standing controversy in his written answer to a lawmaker’s question ahead of his confirmation hearing scheduled for Friday. “As the number of families [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A lawmaker with a visual disability stressed that every year, the last Wednesday of April is the International Guide Dog Day, calling for more efforts to raise social awareness and public interest in guide dogs. Rep. Kim Ye-ji of the People Power Party told MBC radio Thursday that there [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners could face jail time starting next year if they starve their animals to death, the agricultural ministry said Monday, as the government seeks to prevent animal abuse and better protect them in line with the growing number of pet owners. Under the revision of the Animal Protection [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A pet dog is likely to appear in a postage stamp commemorating the presidential inauguration for the first time, transition team officials said Wednesday. The issuance of a commemorative postage stamp featuring President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and his pet dog Tory is said to be in the review stage in [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of pet owners are turning to online communities for help as many of them lack sufficient information on how to administer medication for their pets. The College of Pharmacy at the Catholic University of Korea conducted a survey of 111 animal enthusiasts, in which 61 of [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The fate of two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift in 2018 has drawn public interest, as they are barred by law from staying with Moon after his retirement slated for May 9. The North’s leader sent the pair of [...]
JEJU, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With hundreds of rooks being captured every year on the southern resort island of Jeju due to the damage they cause to agricultural crops, voices are growing to find ways to coexist with the birds rather than capturing them. On Udo Island, one of the small islands off the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet insurance policies suffering from low subscription rates are teaming up with information technology (IT) to lower monthly fees and revitalize the market. The Korea Insurance Research Institute reported that South Korea’s pet insurance subscription rate stood at 0.25 percent, which was far below Sweden (40 percent), Britain (25 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal protection facilities run by municipal and provincial authorities are in poor condition, requiring immediate attention. The Beagle Rescue Network (BRN), a non-profit organization for animal rescue, visited 93 animal protection facilities and found numerous cases of animal deaths caused by mass euthanasia or starvation. One animal protection facility [...]