CHUNCHEON, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Discharged military watch dogs will be adopted by non-military individuals for the first time in Korea. According to an announcement from the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) on April 21, 50 military dogs were discharged from service on April 22, and will be adopted by civilians at no cost. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Various Korean associations are providing programs to Danwon High School students to help treat posttraumatic stress among survivors of the Sewol tragedy. A nearby pet hospital recently donated two Golden retriever puppies for a psychotherapy program, which has been conducted for over the past year at the school by [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – To raise awareness about endangered animals threatened with extinction in Korea, and promote the value of our environment, the Korean government and a mobile messenger provider will distribute emoticons featuring the animals. The Ministry of Environment and Daum Kakao, the operator of mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, announced on April 2 [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) is planning to capture about 160 goats that are currently disturbing the ecosystems of two Korean islands, before the end of the year. Goats, designated as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive alien species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government is planning to aggressively manage the local population of wild dogs, which have become a safety threat, said officials on March 22. The wild dogs, estimated to number in the hundreds in Seoul, are assumed to be descendants of pets abandoned three to four generations [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A search dog and his handler are being recognized for excellent teamwork, which helped them find four survivors and recover three bodies last year. They were responsible for more than one quarter of the overall number of lost casualties found by the 22 search dogs and their handlers assigned [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Organizers from the 2015 Goesan International Organic Expo plan to exhibit artificially-hatched longtail tadpole shrimps at the event, which is coordinated by the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research and Goesan-gun, and scheduled to take place in September. Longtail tadpole shrimps, considered a living fossil due to their almost unchanged morphology [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A male crested ibis donated by Xi Jinping to Korea has succeeded in breeding, resulting in three new chicks from seven eggs, said the Ministry of Environment on March 8. Two male crested ibis, named Baishi and Jinsui, were donated to Korea in celebration of Korea and China’s successful inking of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung is sponsoring another round of Crufts in 2015, continuing its long-running sponsorship of the world’s largest dog show, an affiliation that started in 1993. According to an announcement from Samsung Electronics on March 5, Samsung will also exhibit a cutting-edge intelligent dog house, entitled ‘Samsung Dream Doghouse,’ during [...]
ULSAN, Korea, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Ulsan Metropolitan City is set to establish a cultural center for companion animals for the first time in Korea, said the city government on February 27. The center will have two buildings that will be used for a welfare and cultural center for pets and pet-owners, comprised of offices [...]