SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has changed its regulations to prevent the use of snares to catch wild animals. It is the first de facto regulation that recognizes the life dignity of animals. The Ministry of Environment on Thursday issued a notice of the “regulations on trapping equipment for wild animals,” excluding [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of animals have died of natural causes at animal shelters across the country. A total of 102,915 animals died of natural causes at local government-run abandoned animal shelters across the country between 2015 and 2018, according to findings by the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA). The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — If there are cows in South Korea, there are ostriches in North Korea, providing meat in addition to leather, bone and feathers. A North Korean propaganda outlet DPRK Today reported Sunday that an ostrich farm in Pyongyang uses ostrich by-products to produce a number of quality products. In particular, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With the growing number of “petfam” South Koreans who regard their companion animals as family members, the retail industry is also keen on various marketing campaigns to target this new demographic. Lotte Home Shopping Inc., a shopping unit of retail conglomerate Lotte, will present a unique mobile live broadcast [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that jobs related to pet care are increasing in popularity among part-time workers. Albamon, a South Korean online job portal, conducted a survey of 725 part-time workers, 75 percent of whom said they prefer to work for pet care business. Among part-time workers who [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal protection group is urging the fashion industry to stop production of fur clothing as it is “no more than a symbol of shame and disgrace.” The Korea Association for Animal Protection held a press conference on Monday at Gwanghwamun Square, arguing that more than 10 million wild [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean animal welfare activists said Thursday they will petition the Constitutional Court next month against the government for not curbing dog meat consumption and slaughterhouses. Members of KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates) and the PNR (People for Non-human Rights) said in a news conference the government has infringed [...]
SUWON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Belgian Shepherd dog that received body detection training at a local pet training center showed outstanding performance in finding missing persons. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency designated Jesper, and her owner Roh Il-ho as Honorary Neighborhood Police Officers. Roh has been running a pet training center in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With the advent of the era of 10 million “PetFam (pet family)” people who regard pets as family members, the home interior market for pets is also growing rapidly. The concept of interior design is also changing from a place where people can live to a place where pets [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five households in Seoul have a pet and the number of homes that have embraced cats is on the rise, data showed Friday. Some 20 percent of the surveyed households said they were living with a pet as of 2018, compared with 18.8 percent in 2014, according [...]