SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of horseback riders and the facilities to accommodate them are on the rise due to policies bolstering the equine industry. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs stated on March 6 that last year’s regular horseback riding population stood at 49,312, a 3.9 percent increase from [...]
GWANGYANG, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Recurring counts of Seomjin River toads ending up as roadkill while on the move to breeding sites have become a serious problem in need of an effective solution. Green Korea’s South Jeolla Province chapter examined one stretch of road in Jinsang-myeong, Gwangyang City on March 1 and stated on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s education chief Cho Hee-yeon announced on Tuesday that a component on respect for life and cherishing animals will be part of the elementary school curriculum starting this upcoming semester and said the move was the first of its kind among the nation’s education bureaus. Cho said, “Learning about [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean animal activists are filling a lawsuit on behalf of 28 endangered mountain goats to ensure their rights and protection. Members of People For Non-human Rights (PNR) announced plans to file a lawsuit with the Seoul Administrative Court in the name of 28 mountain goats inhabiting Seorak Mountain today, [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A zoo in South Korea is under fire after reports that a tigress ate her own cub soon after giving birth due to negligence and stress. According to officials at Gwangju Uchi Park, a 9-year-old female Bengal tiger named Love gave birth to a cub in her den last Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is under fire after introducing arbitrary standards for a new dog muzzle law focusing primarily on large dogs, a move that animal rights activists have described as ‘illogical’. Under the animal law, which will enter effect next month, dogs must be kept on a leash shorter [...]
GIMCHEON, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — “Around 40 cases of animal cruelty are reported nationwide every month, but the police are mostly indifferent.” Park Seon-mi, head of the Korean Organization for the Protection of Cats (KOPC), said on February 18 that law enforcement’s failure to take up investigations into allegations of animal cruelty in earnest [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With a natural habitat limited to east-central China and Korea, the water deer, named for its affinity for water, carries out an uncertain existence. Despite a listing of ‘Vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in South Korea the animal is thriving due to the extinction [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Judging by the numbers, the habit of owning pets has found a permanent home in South Korean culture. Marketing firm Innocean Worldwide predicted that the domestic “petconomy” will double from 2.9 trillion won last year to 5.8 trillion won by 2020 in a report detailing the latest consumer trends [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of stray cats in Seoul has nearly halved over the last 10 years after animal neuter programs were first launched, the city government has said. Under the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s cat neuter program, between 5,000 and 8,000 stray cats have been neutered every year in the city’s 25 [...]