SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – After controversy erupted when some animals sold by Seoul Grand Park were sent to slaughterhouses, park officials announced that the animals will be repurchased, and will be cared for at other zoos and farms. Seoul Grand Park sold 43 animals through an open tender in August. However, CARE (Coexistence of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Grand Park is currently taking care of three slow lorises that were illegally smuggled into Korea. Last year, it succeeded in breeding one slow loris from a couple. As a registered endangered animal, the animals are seldom allowed to be imported. However, since they are small and almost motionless and [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two camels at Seoul Grand Park, which have been isolated from the public since June 2 due to concerns over MERS, were confirmed to have tested negative for the virus on June 5. Seoul Grand Park showed the camels to the public on June 6. Park officials said that [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, Taesan and Boksoon, who returned to their hometown sea in front of Jeju Island from Seoul Grand Park, are smoothly adopting themselves to the new environment, according to the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute. They are now in an enclosing net for their initial captivity-to-wild [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, which were captured illegally in the waters near Jeju in 2009 and made to perform at dolphin shows, will be transported to Jeju from Seoul to receive captivity-to-wild training before they get released into the sea. According to the Korean Animal Welfare Association, two dolphins, [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A male pygmy hippopotamus that has been living alone at Seoul Grand Park will have a chance to extend the life of his species, as Seoul Grand Park will import a female pygmy hippopotamus from Britain’s Colchester Zoo in September. The park brought the male from Japan in 1984, along with a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park will be presenting a variety of bee ecology programs under the park’s grand campaign to save indigenous bees and bring awareness to the public. From April 22 to the end of the year, the park will operate a special exhibition about indigenous bees at the park’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Grand Park will be closed from December 30 through January 9 in its aim to tightly control the looming risk of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), as well as foot and mouth disease. Local authorities immediately beefed up quarantine efforts and started disinfecting farms around the country [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Samjung The Park,’ Busan’s only zoo, which opened nine months ago, is swarming with visitors this winter even though it’s usually considered to be an off-season. Contrasting with Seoul Grand Park Zoo‘s lack of visitors, ‘Samjung The Park’ is enjoying an unusual success. However, its success is not due [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 13 (Korea Bizwire) - Seoul Grand Park, a public park complex to the south of Seoul that includes a zoo, a rose garden, an amusement park, and a national museum, said on January 12 that it selected ten ideas out of hundreds from a contest to promote endangered animals living in the park. The [...]