JEJU, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins in the seas off Jeju Island is slowly recovering after years of steady decline, thanks to cooperation from the local fishing industry and a drop in poaching. The National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI) first started monitoring these mammals by distinguishing their physical [...]
SEOUL, August 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Grand Park announced that a lynx and a siamang, which are registered on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) endangered list, have given birth in Korea for the first time. A siamang (the largest gibbon) currently living at Seoul Grand Park, [...]
DAEGU, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Brain Research Institute is opening a new animal experiment facility for brain research that will be the largest of its kind in Korea. According to the institute, workers are now putting the finishing touches on the equipment in the ‘behavior analysis zone’ at the Animal Experiment Center, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Dog days, which refer to the three hottest days of the year in Korea, have been a controversial subject for quite some time. Animal rights advocates strongly oppose the idea of dog meat consumption and call it bizarre and disgusting, but some still look for rejuvenating or “stamina” food to [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Airports and ports across Korea are looking for new owners to adopt retired sniffer dogs, but their old age is hampering the search for new homes. According to the Korea Customs Service (KCS), it first posted a public notice for the sale of 13 retired sniffer dogs on May [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With duty free shops in South Korea seeing record sales, they are attracting new product lines to their offline and online stores. Shilla Duty Free, Korea’s top duty free shop, announced on July 22 that its online stores had launched their first pet-supply brand. Due to growing popularity, pet supply [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) of Korea announced on July 14 that it has developed DIY homemade dog food, following a recent trend that already has been widely embraced in Japan and the U.S. The DIY dog food developed by the RDA comes in powder form similar to a homemade [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘Cicada Chant’ is one of the most symbolic sounds of the summer. The insects spend from 3 to 17 years underground feeding off trees, and their males spend their final month of their lifecycle aboveground singing to attract their lifelong mates. Although one might mistake the ‘singing’ to [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean diplomats have been engaged in the illegal trade of rhinoceros horns in Africa, a U.S.-based media report said Tuesday, citing a report from an international civic group based in Geneva. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime has disclosed that North [...]
YONGIN, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Two pandas at Everland were presented with special treats Sunday to celebrate their upcoming third and fourth birthdays. Ai Bao (lovely treasure) and Le Bao (pleasant treasure) are Chinese giant pandas who flew some 2,400km to Korea from China a little over four months ago on March 3. The [...]