HAMAN, Jan 7. (Korea Bizwire) – A group of disabled children spent a lovely day at the Haman horse-back riding experience center. The Haman branch of the Gyeongman Parent-Teacher Association for Disabled Children hosted the event to help develop independence and self-support among disabled children by providing them with a chance to experience new activities. [...]
YEONGAM/HAENAM, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Winter birds such as the spectacled teal used to visit Yeongam Lake every year. Even last week, between 300,000 and 400,000 birds were spotted at the lake. However, the birds are now leaving the lake in large numbers. According to municipal officials from Yeongam-gun and Haenam-gun, which surround Yeongam Lake, [...]
ULSAN, Dec.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Law enforcement agents from Ulju Police Station in Ulsan have arrested a man referred to as ‘A’ (59) for shooting a dog with a bow and arrow. ‘A’, who works at a cemetery, was stressed because of the loud dogs that often come to the cemetery to eat food left [...]
SEOUL, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Pamily, a business that provides various pet-related services, has announced the launch of a website that connects dog walkers with pet owners. Dog walking services are already a familiar business in the U.S. and England, and the popularity of ‘dog walkers’ who walk, exercise and train pets is increasing. Pamily [...]
SEOUL, Nov.20 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty seven facilities to feed stray cats will be established at four parks in the metropolitan area, including Seoul Forest and World Cup Park. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will be managing feeding facilities for stray cats. The facilities will be run in cooperation with animal related non-governmental [...]
CHUNCHEON, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty-two military dogs that used to play an active role in army operations have started new lives as pets after their retirement. An event to unite retired military dogs with new families was held at the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) base in Chuncheon on November 18. This is [...]
SEOUL, Nov.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that it is drawing up a plan to free between five and 10 milk goats at Noeul (Sunset) Park, which is located at the World Cup Stadium complex, so that citizens can interact with them. Milk goats are complete herbivores that cannot even eat assorted [...]
SEOUL, Nov.16 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of pets in Korea is increasing with an increase in the number of one or two-person households, but the pet insurance market that provides for them is still small. Researcher Kim Se-joong of the Korea Insurance Research Institute reported that even though the number of pets reached [...]
BUSAN, Nov.16 (Korea Bizwire) – A slow loris, an internationally endangered monkey species, was recently found at a market in Busan. It was the third time that one of the endangered monkeys has been found, after earlier incidents on November 3 and 13. The slow loris monkey was hiding behind a refrigerator at a fried [...]
SEJONG, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) - Since the ‘Korean Peninsula Wetlands’ of Yeongwol-gu in Gangwon Province were designated as a protection area in 2012, the number of endangered wild animals there has tripled. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research, 12 species of endangered wild animals were found when a detailed investigation of the wetlands [...]