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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities are expanding into protecting animal rights and revitalizing local economies. POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. is going to offer a helping hand to build a large cat shelter using a closed school in the island village in Tongyeong, a coastal city in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Maybe another word should be added to the proverb “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. And the word would be “short” or “belligerent” given a study that has examined the correlation between play and growth. Researchers have found that when pigs are offered play tools, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte World said Friday that it plans to send its only-surviving beluga whale in its aquarium to a wildlife sanctuary next year in a move for its eventual release into its natural habitat. The theme park business unit of Hotel Lotte Co. said it is in contact with a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park, one of the biggest parks in the Seoul metropolitan area, said Monday that it will hold a memorial ceremony for deceased animals for the 27th time on Nov. 1. This year, European brown bear ‘Pogeuni,’ Siberian tiger ‘Cheongi,’ and leopard ‘Habeomi’ passed away at the park. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities are opening up an additional number of pet adoption centers to find new families for abandoned pets. An abandoned animal adoption center that opened last October in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has already sent away its 100th animal for adoption in less than a year. A new pet [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet approved a revision to the civil law Tuesday that would grant animals legal status as individuals with lives that deserve to be protected. The revision was proposed by the Ministry of Justice in July to add the new clause, “animals are not objects,” to Article 82 of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in raised the need Monday for the government to consider imposing a formal ban on dog meat consumption in South Korea. “Hasn’t the time come to prudently consider prohibiting dog meat consumption?” Moon told Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum during their weekly policy consultation session, according to Cheong [...]