SUWON, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) —Gyeonggi Province, in collaboration with animal protection organizations, successfully rescued over 1,400 dogs from a dog breeding farm located in Hwaseong City. These rescued dogs have now been safely transferred to Gyeonggi Pet Maru, a dedicated center for pet protection and welfare. The alarm was first raised by the animal [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Friday its focus on promoting pet owner compliance in May, when many people start taking their dogs out. Last year, the Animal Protection Act underwent a complete revision and came into effect on April 27 after a one-year grace period. The revised law [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The issue of street cats has long been a contentious one in South Korea. Those who continue to feed or make homes for them, affectionately called “cat moms” or “cat dads,” often find themselves at odds with residents who despise the animals. Residents claim that the cats create noise [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean department store chains will be hosting a series of animal protection campaigns. From Dec. 3 to 5, Hyundai Department Store will be receiving donations of used transparent plastic bottles as part of its campaign to protect Eurasian otters, an endangered species. The store will donate 2,000 won [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, said Tuesday that it has donated Tromm washers and dryers to a number of animal protection agencies. The company, together with its management volunteer corps, donated Tromm Washing Machine Steam Pet washers and Tromm Dryer Steam Pet dryers [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are abandoning their pets as the overall pet-rearing population continues to increase. On the contrary, there aren’t enough state-run animal protection agencies in the country to rescue the abandoned animals. Even if they do, most of the pets end up being euthanized. As [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal protection agency has reported that more than half of the workers in the media industry with experience in animal photography have taken photos of animals without following proper guidelines. Korea Animal Rights Advocates conducted a survey of 157 workers from film, broadcasting and new media industries, in [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of animal abuse cases is growing year after year in South Korea. According to the National Police Agency on Sunday, the number of cases where people were investigated for violations of animal protection laws by the prosecutor’s office has been on an upward trend, rising from 264 [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and an affiliate professor have been accused with animal abuse after allegations broke out that they had conducted unnecessary experiments on cats, and euthanized them without proper anesthesia. The Beagle Rescue Network (BRN), an animal protection agency, filed a bill of indictment with the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Wednesday it has revised a set of animal protection rules to fully ban the use of sniffer dogs retired from railroad police in animal experiments. The previous law only banned the use of retired assistance dogs, along with those from the police and the military, leaving [...]