SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly one in four dog owners in South Korea have experienced allergy symptoms in the past, a new survey has found. The survey of 537 individuals conducted by Professors Lee Sang-pyo and Lee Sang-min from Gachon University Gil Medical Center and Yang Min-suk from the Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Boramae [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — To better abide by international guidelines regarding the slaughter of animals, South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced February 5 that it had produced and tested equipment that creates nitrogen foam. According to the RDA, the World Organization for Animal Health advises the use of nitrogen gas when slaughtering [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is under fire from animal rights groups over a law requiring tall dogs to wear a muzzle. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Korean Animal Welfare Association branded the legislation forcing muzzles on dogs taller than 40 centimeters ‘unconstitutional’, after consulting scores of lawyers. [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The carcass of a humpback whale discovered by a fishing boat is likely to end up on the trash heap, as the individual who found the dead animal tied up in fishing nets has adamantly turned down entreaties from whale researchers for the “catch” to be donated to science. [...]
CHEONAN, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A dog found alive in a garbage bag in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, died less than a day after being saved by a local animal rescue team. The female Cocker Spaniel was first discovered by a passerby near a trash can on Sunday and was sent to local authorities [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After a 2017 plagued by “pesticide eggs” and the now yearly reoccurrence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza discovered among certain poultry flocks, the government is seeking to keep this year scandal-free by adopting a series of measures, among them improving the living conditions of poultry. The chief of [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Aggressive dogs will be required to wear leashes and muzzles in public places and dog owners who violate the regulation will be fined under a revised animal protection law starting from March, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it will give [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Cats will go the way of the dogs as the government announced on January 14 that it will begin a trial period for registering house cats just like pet dogs starting on January 15. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, which is spearheading the program in 17 [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Work to move 180 tons of trout for the Hwacheon Ice Festival has begun. Hwacheon County announced on Wednesday that trout from across the country are being moved to a local fishing farm ahead of the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival. The first haul of trout weighing 800 kilograms, [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team said Monday it has recently uncovered a large skin impression on a sauropod dinosaur footprint from the Early Cretaceous period in floodplain deposits in southeastern South Korea. The team led by Paik In-sung, an earth and environmental science professor at Pukyong National University, exposed [...]