CHANGWON, South Korea, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new animal shelter in Changwon, built to consolidate the city’s three existing facilities, is already struggling with overcrowding, leading the city to make difficult decisions, including euthanizing some stray dogs. The Changwon Pet Village, located in Seongsan District, opened in May 2024. Spanning 1,442 square meters, the facility [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 30 percent of stray pets protected by animal shelters found new homes in 2020, data showed Monday, amid the growing popularity of raising pets in South Korea. The number of pets rescued by animal shelters came to 130,401 in 2020, down 3.9 percent from 135,791 posted in the [...]
JEONJU, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A dog park and an animal shelter will be built in Deokjin-gu and Wansan-gu, two districts within the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. The local government of Jeonju said yesterday that rough sketches that would turn Jeonju into an animal-friendly city had been drawn out based on the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal shelter accommodating stray cats is under threat amid growing calls from NIMBYs to relocate the facility. Located on the rooftop of one of the Gangdong District Office buildings, the feral cat shelter is currently home to 15 stray cats that were found on the street and adopted by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s Gangdong District will be the first municipality in the country to open an animal shelter-cum-coffeeshop when the “Gangdong Reborn Center” opens its doors on November 24. With the pet population continuing to surge to an estimated ten million, abandoned animal cases have increased correspondingly. The district office expects [...]
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 [...]
WILTON, Conn., Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Blue Buffalo® Home 4 the Holidays adoption drive runs from October 1, 2015 to January 4, 2016 and Blue Buffalo (Nasdaq:BUFF) will again partner with the Helen Woodward Animal Center to raise awareness about rescuing orphan pets. Since many families seek dogs and cats around the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – An animal “orphanage” will be introduced for those pets no longer needed by their owners soon in Seoul, the first local government which has led initiatives in animal protection by creating the animal protection bureau. According to a city government official, the city plans to introduce the scheme [...]