SEJONG, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – These five fennec foxes were discovered at Korean customs while being smuggled into the country in 2014. According to the National Institute of Ecology (NIE), a total of 17 fennec foxes from Sudan were detected by the Incheon Main Customs in April 2014, 12 of which were either found [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Members of the Korean Society for Animal Freedom (KSAF) gathered in front of E-Mart’s headquarters building Wednesday to criticize the company’s Molly’s Pet Shop chain for its on-display sale of puppies, objectifying the animals. They also demanded transparency over how the shops are supplied with animals, raising questions over [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government has revealed that roughly 5,000 stray cats are killed on Seoul roads each year, making up 80 percent of all roadkill accidents in the city. From 2014 to the first half of 2016, 17,036 animals were killed from car accidents in [...]
ULSAN, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A video of grey mullets swimming in single file captured media attention on August 30. The rare footage, filmed at Ulsan’s Taewha River, showed thousands of fish making up a single line that went on for at least two kilometers according to the witness. But the video has now [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) organized a public performance Thursday in front of Lotte Hotel in Myeongdong, central Seoul, calling for a ban on shark fin consumption in Korea. According to the federation, 12 of 26 surveyed top-rated hotels (five-star equivalent) still serve shark fin dishes at [...]
SOKCHO, South Korea, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The summer holiday season is coming to an end, and vacationers are heading back to their mundane routines. But not all holiday seekers got to go home, with dozens of abandoned dogs across tourist attractions in Gangwon Province left to fend for themselves. This summer, Gangwon found [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The illegal poaching of wild dolphins in waters off the coast of Jeju Island may have diminished in the past year thanks to local fisheries and animal rights activists, yet Korea’s wild dolphins are still facing threats, this time, from imprudent watersport activities. The coastal waters of [...]
ILSAN, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Marking their first summer experience ever, twin raccoons at Hanwha Aqua Planet in Ilsan were gifted a special treat on Tuesday comprised of summertime fruits, lance-fish, and mudfish served with ice. Four raccoons were born this February at Hanwha Aqua Planet in Yeosu, two of which were moved to [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Antarctic toothfish (dissostichus mawsoni) is a cod icefish species native to the Earth’s southern seas. Living 1,000 to 1,800 meters below the ocean’s surface, the fish take about 17 years to fully mature, and are known to live up to almost 50 years. Yet, little is known about their [...]
CHANGWON, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A man who butchered some 600 stray cats received a suspended sentence of 10 months in prison with two years of probation and 80 hours of community service at his appeal trial, meaning that he won’t have to spend any time in jail. Only identified as Jung, the 56-year-old [...]