SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) –More than half of animal deaths at Seoul Children’s Grand Park over the past five years have been due to diseases or accidents, a Seoul city councilor said Wednesday, calling for reinforcing animal care and management by the zoo authorities. Councilor Lee Kyung-suk, citing data from Seoul Facilities Corp., [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Zoo sent two North Chinese leopards to Europe this week to help save the endangered species. The leopards were shipped to Germany on Wednesday to be quarantined before one is transferred to Denmark, according to Seoul Grand Park, which houses the zoo. One leopard will be sent to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) Good news for South Koreans who have been looking for some auspicious signs in the run up to the historic summit between leaders of North Korea and US. The good news came from Seoul Grand Park, south of Seoul, where a Siberian tiger named Penza (or called here as Baekdu [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The bears at Seoul Grand Park have been living in an empty cage with cold concrete floor, but recent changes will offer them a much improved living environment. Their habitat at the zoo has recently been renovated to provide a more natural environment featuring dirt, grass, and pools to swim [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Zoos and aquariums of Korea are also partaking in the global phenomenon called the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” A staff of marketing team at Samjung The Park Zoo in Busan has taken on an Ice Bucket Challenge in their penguin cage on August 23. The park has nominated Seoul Zoo, Daejeon [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] Do Humans own Life of an Animal?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/동물원의-실태-영문-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] Do Humans own Life of an Animal?")
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Recently, a death of a baby giraffe in a zoo in Copenhagen aroused controversy over the rights of human over animals. The zoo argued that the killing was an inevitable decision to prevent inbreeding and to cull its polulation. Does the zoo owns the lives of animals? [...]