SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of four South Korean adults owns a pet, and they spend an average of around 100,000 won (US$89.95) per month on their companion, a report by KB Financial Group showed Wednesday. According to the report by the financial conglomerate, 25.1 percent of 1,700 South Koreans aged over [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal activists are calling for a new law that would ban imports of fur products made from cats and dogs. CARE, a leading animal activist group, held a press conference yesterday at the National Assembly and stated that fur products made from cat hide are probably coming from China [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Bengal cat appeared at a parliamentary inspection hearing carried out at the Government Complex in Sejong yesterday morning. Rep. Kim Jin-tae of the Liberty Korea Party said he had brought the cat along with him because it “resembled the puma that had been killed after attempting to escape [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Three kittens were found dead in the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Busan, prompting police officials to carry out an investigation. At approximately 12:15 p.m. on October 3, a resident found three dead kittens at an apartment complex in Nam-gu, Busan, and reported the deaths to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, the number of lost or abandoned animals in South Korea surpassed 100,000 for the first time. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), the number of lost and abandoned animals increased by 14.3 percent from the previous year to total [...]
LONDON, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Indonesian government is being urged to shut down the country’s cruel live animal markets, where thousands of dogs and cats a week are bludgeoned in public, blowtorched whilst still alive, and butchered for eating. Campaigners from the Dog Meat-Free Indonesia coalition filmed at two of the most notorious [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Police have arrested a man in his twenties for having abused a cat with boiling water and posting a video of the abuse on the Internet. Law enforcement officials from Seoul’s Bangbae district revealed on February 14 that the perpetrator identified only as A, age 25, was arrested on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government has revealed that roughly 5,000 stray cats are killed on Seoul roads each year, making up 80 percent of all roadkill accidents in the city. From 2014 to the first half of 2016, 17,036 animals were killed from car accidents in [...]
GOYANG, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Controversy is stirring after a cat that was injured in a car accident was put down at an animal protection center affiliated with Goyang City. The facility protects abandoned animals such as cats and dogs. The Korean Animal Welfare Association and the Goyang City Cheerful Cat Cooperative demanded punishment [...]
Seoul, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been pointed out that there are no standardized guidelines or regulations regarding ‘Animal Cafes’, which have recently been growing in popularity. On July 14, Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) hosted a policy debate at the National Assembly Member’s Office with congresswoman Eun-Soo-mi, and congressman Kim Seung-nam of the [...]