SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s last surviving dog slaughterhouses have finally been shut down after constant pressure from the mayor. The result comes after a year and two months of crackdowns, pressure, and convincing by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The city announced on Thursday that the last three dog slaughterhouses in downtown Seoul [...]
ANSAN, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven pigs en route to a slaughterhouse fell out of a truck and roamed around on a highway in Ansan near Seoul for more than two hours, causing traffic congestion at rush hour, police said Friday. Police received a report around 6:45 a.m. that pigs were walking around a [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A “consolation memorial for animals” formerly taken down from its original location at Incheon’s Dong-gu Office has been restored four years after its removal. The local government revealed yesterday that it had restored the memorial structure to its original state at the resting area of the office’s parking lot. [...]
Uijeongbu, South Korea, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Province announced Friday that it is investing 300 million won ($268,000) to develop what it calls a ‘Visiting Slaughterhouse’, a trailer-like truck fitted with government-approved butchery equipment. The truck, according to the province, will visit traditional markets and animal farms without licensed butchery facilities. Although there are [...]
GIMHAE, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bugyeong Pig Farming Association (BPFA) from Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, has launched for the first time in Korea what it’s calling ‘Animal Welfare-Certified Pork’. These pork products were developed at the ‘Together Happy Farm’ (translated from Korean), which was certified as an ‘animal welfare farm’ on June 30. [...]