SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities are opening up an additional number of pet adoption centers to find new families for abandoned pets. An abandoned animal adoption center that opened last October in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has already sent away its 100th animal for adoption in less than a year. A new pet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Mart has recently announced plans to ditch sales of pets through gradual steps and promote animal adoption instead, after signing an agreement with animal rights groups on Tuesday, a move that will see the South Korean retail giant end pet sales by 2018. Working together with the Korea Animal [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture held a trial event earlier this week for an award-winning stray dog app called ‘Paw in Hand’, which helps users find lost dogs or adopt unclaimed pets. The event hosted by the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFRA) at Daejeon’s animal protection center [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government announced on July 7 an improvement plan to strengthen animal protection and foster related industries at the 10th Annual Meeting of Trade and Investment Organizations. The plan includes changing the current reporting system in the pet breeding industry to a license system, legally permitting the online [...]
<Adoption through the eyes of a homeless pet> PHOENIX, AZ, Jan 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Don’t spend this Valentine’s Day at home waiting to get swept off your feet. Unconditional love is waiting for you at the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend, sponsored by PetSmart®, from February 14-16 at your local PetSmart store. Whether you [...]