SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — In a victory for animal lovers everywhere, the first legal proceedings of their kind in South Korea succeeded in the release of illegally captured Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins native to the seas of Jeju Island. The public’s attention was first drawn to the plight of illegally captured bottlenose dolphins when Jeju’s [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of animal bidders flocked to an auction of Jeju dogs held by the Jeju Livestock Institute (JLI) Tuesday, with hopes of adopting an animal from one of the most coveted dog breeds in South Korea. With a mere 20 puppies put up for auction, the JLI [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent decision by an Incheon district court has attracted considerable attention for its role in clearing a dog meat farm owner of criminal conduct for slaughtering dogs using an electric prod. According to Section 8 of the Animal Protection Act, any cruel method of slaughtering animals – such as [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In the run-up to Chobok, a day some South Koreans celebrate by eating dog meat, animal rights activists took to the streets of Seoul over the weekend to protest against the consumption of dog soup during supposedly one of the hottest days of the year in the country, while [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials at Seoul Grand Park Zoo have decided to adopt 51 local stray cats that have been living on the premises into the zoo’s family. Stray cats at the zoo had not been officially recognized by zoo authorities previously despite having lived there for a while, until officials announced [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal auction houses, which have been identified as a hotbed of illegal distribution of dogs and acts in South Korea, will now be required to register as retail businesses. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced Sunday that it had passed a revision to the Animal [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Ecology (NIE) has secured a patent for a new technology that can be used to monitor the environment inside caves based on the movement of bats. With the new monitoring system invented by the researchers at the NIE, studying cave environments could become much easier, as [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — No longer do the majority of Koreans think it acceptable for dogs to be considered a dinner option. Two recent occasions in Yangypyeong District exemplify this change. In March, local residents united to protest a dog meat farm that was to be built within their community. A separate area [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, a TV exposé on the breeding practices of an anonymous dog farm sparked a firestorm of public outrage, with veterinarians’ associations and animal rights groups leading the call for the government to take action. In the report, the dog farm was revealed to have increased pregnancy rates [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — On June 22, Rep. Lee Jung Mi of the Justice Party and animal rights activist group Kara held a press conference at the National Assembly in Yeouido to publicly disclose the state of dog meat farms in Korea. Beginning in August of last year, an investigation into the general [...]