UISEONG, South Korea, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of the massive wildfire that swept through Gyeongbuk Province earlier this year, 81-year-old Ms. Kim, a lifelong resident of Uiseong, lost more than just her home. Her cherished family of animals—dogs, cats, goats, and chickens—perished in the blaze that engulfed her property. Known in [...]
JEJU, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A young dolphin calf ensnared in derelict fishing gear faces a life-threatening predicament, prompting urgent rescue efforts set for April 8 off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju Island. The stranded calf, nicknamed “Jongdali,” is a southern bottlenose dolphin less than a year old that was first spotted in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) announced on Thursday that it will produce and distribute educational videos on how to provide first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to companion animals in critical situations due to fire and other disasters. The first aid video for pets is about eight minutes long and [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon Wildlife Rescue Center has been instrumental in helping to safeguard wild animals in the area. The Incheon Health Environment Research Institute, which operates the center, said that over a period of approximately five months since the center first opened its doors to the public in March, 138 [...]
SUWON, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As capturing wild animals has become one of the main tasks of many firefighters in South Korea according to latest figures, concerns are growing over the inefficient use of firefighting resources. Data from the Gyeonggi Disaster and Safety Headquarters shows rescue teams and firefighters were called in over 38,000 times [...]
JEJU, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A Fairy pitta bird that crashed into a building’s window in Jeju on May 15 has been released back into the wild. A wildlife rescue team at Jeju University had been treating injuries to its head and legs, and released the healed bird into a forest in Jeju on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of stray animals rescued by Seoul city government agencies in 2014 dropped below 10,000 for the first time in 6 years. According to an announcement on February 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s animal rescue agencies saved 6,644 dogs, 2,618 cats and 291 other animals, totaling 9,533 animals last [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Three artificially hatched eagle-owls flew back from man-made nests to nature in Ulsan on January 27. Their mother was found brooding over her eggs at a landfill in Ulju-gun, Ulsan in February 2014. The Ulsan Wild Animal Rescue Center since has been taking care of the mother and her eggs since [...]