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, [...]
SUWON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced Sunday that more than 1,500 abandoned dogs found new families after receiving protection and training at the Nanum Dog Protection Center. The news comes six years and six months after the center’s first dog was adopted in Nov. 2013, and 14 months after the 1,000th dog [...]
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, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of dogs of certain breeds will be required to sign up for general insurance to compensate for any physical or property damages starting in February next year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Tuesday it will hold a series of promotion campaigns with the private [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With more households raising pets as if they were children, the pet product market is expanding rapidly. Online shopping mall Gmarket said Monday that its sales of pet products rose 10 percent last year compared to three years ago. Not only did sales increase, but the variety of products [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will conduct the first “Companion Animal Owner Ability Test” in the country this Saturday. The test, which will be taken by some 250 people who applied in advance last month, is designed to create opportunities to study and see how much companion animal owners or [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five households in Seoul have a pet and the number of homes that have embraced cats is on the rise, data showed Friday. Some 20 percent of the surveyed households said they were living with a pet as of 2018, compared with 18.8 percent in 2014, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pizza chain Mr. Pizza launched Tuesday its first offering for pet dogs and cats, dubbed ‘Mr. Petzza’ – a pizza for companion animals inspired by Mr. Pizza’s popular “Cheese Blossom Steak” and “Pepperoni” pizzas. Instead of wheat flour, which is difficult to digest, the dough was made [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Six puppies of two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift last year were distributed to local governments Friday, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. The North’s leader gifted the pair of Pungsan-breed dogs, one male named Songkang and a [...]