SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland amusement park will be adding a couple of rare panda bears to its animal roster, and will share them with the public starting next year. The resort construction sector of Samsung C&T Corporation signed an agreement with the wildlife protection society of China to cooperate on protecting pandas. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Dasol and Nara, dogs cloned by controversial researcher Hwang Woo-suk and his team, have been accepted into Korea’s rescue dog program. The National 119 Rescue Service of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security announced that Dasol and Nara have passed the official qualification tests for rescue dogs. Seven dogs, [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Two injured green sea turtles that were rescued from Busan and Geoje Island returned to the sea on October 28 after a year of recovery and rehabilitation. The endangered turtles were rescued after being caught in fishing nets last year. They had superficial cuts and other injuries, and showed [...]
CHUNGJU, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – An event to pay tribute to the animals used in medical experiments was held in front of the animal monument at the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation. The animal monument is a two-meter-high sculpture of a person holding a laboratory animal like a mother holds a [...]
Songdo, Incheon. (Image : Yonhap) INCHON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An artificial island to protect rare bird species will be created at the mud flats near Songdo, Incheon, an area designated as a Ramsar wetland. According to the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, 5.9 billion won will be invested to build an artificial island [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – After controversy erupted when some animals sold by Seoul Grand Park were sent to slaughterhouses, park officials announced that the animals will be repurchased, and will be cared for at other zoos and farms. Seoul Grand Park sold 43 animals through an open tender in August. However, CARE (Coexistence of [...]
CHUNGJU, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) –- Local governments including Chungju and Ulsan have set off for the lakes and reservoirs — with harpoons in their hands — to eradicate Korean ecosystem’s “Enemy No. 1″ : Bass and Bluegills, mostly blamed for disturbing “natural order” across the nation. The city of Chungju has recently announced that [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – To prevent the abandonment of pet dogs, the window of time in which owners have to report their pets as lost will be reduced from 30 days to seven days. The current law stipulates that pet owners must report changes that occur to a pet, such as a change [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – On July 9, a giraffe named Elsa was born at the Seoul Zoo. It was a meaningful birth, as it was the first giraffe birth in the eight years since Elsa’s mother Hwanhee was born. Seoul Zoo named the giraffe Elsa after the heroine in Disney’s ‘Frozen’. Elsa’s father [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 160 dogs destined to be slaughtered and traded as meat have found safe haven in the United States with help from animal rights groups. Of note, 57 dogs were rescued on the verge of their slaughter. Humane Society International (HSI), an international animal protection group, announced it [...]