SEJONG, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The quarantine agency said Friday it has stepped up inspections at airports and seaports against the transfer of venomous fire ants that were turning up recently in South Korea. Foods and plants coming in from Japan, China and Indonesia have been closely watched since last month, and people visiting [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, 245 pet animals were abandoned on a daily basis in South Korea, according to statistics released by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency yesterday. In total close to 90,000 animals were abandoned or went missing last year, up 9.3 percent from the previous year, while the figure [...]
SEJONG, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 81,000 animals including cats and dogs were abandoned in Korea last year, according to a report from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) published on May 7. The figure is a 16.5 percent decrease from 97,000 abandoned animals in 2013. Around 58,000 dogs were abandoned last [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) –‘Quppy,’ cloned sniffer dogs, are doing stellar performance at major airports and ports across the nation, according to an announcement by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) which has run a program titled ‘Research on Reproduction of Superb Cloned Sniffer Dogs’ together with Seoul National University since 2011. [...]