SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government is planning to aggressively manage the local population of wild dogs, which have become a safety threat, said officials on March 22. The wild dogs, estimated to number in the hundreds in Seoul, are assumed to be descendants of pets abandoned three to four generations [...]
ULSAN, Korea, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Ulsan Metropolitan City is set to establish a cultural center for companion animals for the first time in Korea, said the city government on February 27. The center will have two buildings that will be used for a welfare and cultural center for pets and pet-owners, comprised of offices [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is planning to begin charging pet-owners for reclaiming their lost pets from city-run animal rescue agencies. According to an announcement on February 6, the city government is planning to reveal, in March, details of an amendment of existing laws on charging pet-owners who reclaim their [...]
CHUNCHEON, Korea, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As Koreans’ affection for their pets continues to increase, a special museum where people can experience a variety of dog races, play with their pets and even train their dogs is set to open. On January 21, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon City and Animal & Human signed an MoU for [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – During big holidays such as Chuseok, or Korean equivalent of Thanksgivingday, family reunions are central to the traditional Korean festivity: families and relatives all around the nation come together to share food and their stories. However, this big holiday season also comes as a good-bye moment to a significant number [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - When “Sang-geuni,” a renowned dog in Korea which had been on a TV show, died in April, his owner didn’t know how to handle the body. As the fido was one of his family members, he really wanted to bury his pet in his family burial ground but he [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study shows that the retired “baby boomers” are rapidly turning into “pet boomers.” According to a study conducted by Auction, Korea’s online auction and e-commerce company, on the sales of pet products on its website, the sales from buyers who are in the age group of 50s and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean research team has succeeded in developing a technology to directly transfer graphene from copper foil to various substrates such as PET(Polyethylene terephthalate), PDMS (a silicon-based organic polymer), and glass. As the technology can transfer graphene to a wide variety of substrates that can be reused over again, it is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Animal Protection Law in Korea is expected to be revised in order to prohibit shipping animals by courier service. The updated law, preventing pets from being delivered by pick-up and delivery service or courier service, will go into effect on August 14. Since the law bans abusing animals or [...]
ST. LOUIS, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, Friskies® kicked off its search to find the next Internet cat superstar with the third annual “The Friskies” – the renowned awards for the best Internet cat videos of the year. Does your cat have what it takes to earn one of the coveted catuettes? Now through [...]