SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A dog that was buried alive in the bushes near an apartment complex was rescued by police. Police officers were notified that there was a groaning sound coming from the ground. When they arrived at the scene, they found a Maltese buried in the ground. The dog was about [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – With the increase of ‘for-pets’, people who invest in their pets freely, the sales of vacation items for pets are soaring. The pet product market, which was previously concentrated on practical products such as food and snacks for pets is broadening its product family. According to the online shopping [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A special “vending machine” designed to collect donations for animal welfare or other causes has been installed in Seoul. On June 16, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it set up the reverse vending machine that accepts cans, PET, paper and glass bottles for recycling on a street in the [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is planning to employ 1,000 citizens as animal rights monitoring agents until 2020, according to a statement presented at an open debate about animal rights on May 12. The city is set to develop five more pet playgrounds in Seoul, achieve registrations of more than 600,000 pets, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean children were hoping to get a pet as a present for this year’s Children’s Day, according to a survey conducted by Tooniverse, a Korean cable channel for children, from May 1 to 4 on 1,400 children aged between 4 and 14. According to the survey, 21.3 percent of [...]
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 [...]