INCHEON, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has imported twice as many cats and dogs this year compared with two years ago as people spend more time at home amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, customs data showed Wednesday. According to the data by the regional customs office in Incheon, a main gateway for trade [...]
HWASEONG, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province is opening a new protection facility where abandoned cats will be brought in and sent out for free adoption. The province held a ceremony for construction of a new cat adoption center in Hwaseong on Tuesday. The center will be in charge of the protection and adoption [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government will test pet cats and dogs for COVID-19 if they show symptoms, an official said Monday. The new program will start the same day, several weeks after the country reported its first COVID-19 case involving a pet in a kitten in the southeastern city of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s outbound shipments of pet food products soared 83.5 percent in 2020 from a year earlier on strong demand from the Asia region, data showed Wednesday. Exports of pet food products reached US$67.4 million last year, jumping from $36.7 million in 2019, according to data by the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul man was fined for abusing animal rights by raising nearly 30 cats in his cramped and filthy home, court officials said Saturday. The Seoul Western District Court fined the 48-year-old man, only known by his surname Choi, 3 million won (US$2,530) for having neglected 27 stray cats [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of companion dogs and cats in South Korea was estimated at about 5.98 million and 2.58 million, respectively, in 2019. Despite such huge numbers, insurance policies for companion animals have yet to become the norm, with pets’ illness and injuries becoming big burdens for the families who [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of abandoned animals in South Korea climbed 12 percent on-year to more than 130,000 in 2019 with dogs taking up the bulk, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 135,791 dogs, cats and other pets got deserted or lost last year, compared with 121,077 a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — As of last year, close to 6 million households nationwide were estimated to be raising 8.56 million companion animals. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and 5.91 million households raised companion animals, up 800,000 from 5.11 million a year earlier. Specifically, [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a technology that uses genetic markers to find lost cats. Genetic markers refer to a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing that dogs and cats may also be infected with the novel coronavirus as dogs are known to have tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong. However, experts say COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, which dogs and cats can easily be infected with, are different types of [...]