SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As temperatures drop in Seoul, a long-simmering conflict over the care of stray cats is heating up again, pitting animal welfare advocates against local residents concerned about nuisance and ecological impact. “We must prevent these babies from freezing to death,” said a resident of Seoul’s Gwanak district, who has been [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s effort to neuter stray cats has paid off, cutting the city’s stray cat numbers in half over the past eight years. City officials are optimistic that they will be able to halve the number of stray cats again in the near future. A recent survey conducted by the city [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Gyeongsang Province city of Changwon has announced plans to run a number of public feeding stations for stray cats this year, aiming to alleviate conflicts surrounding their care. From January until December, the city intends to set up and manage feeding stations at 50 locations within the Changwon area. [...]
TONGYEONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school situated on an island in the picturesque locale of Tongyeong, South Korea, has undergone a remarkable transformation. Related: Closed School Transformed into Cat Park in Tongyeong, Naples of Asia This former school has been lovingly repurposed into a welcoming sanctuary for stray cats who had nowhere else [...]
INCHEON, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) —A proposal by the local government of Incheon to establish a feeding station for stray cats in a public park has triggered a contentious debate among residents. The plan, which is currently under consideration, would involve the selection of a park in Sangok-dong for a three-month pilot program slated to [...]
DAEGU, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A stray cat rescued from a construction site has been designated as an honorary social worker. The Dalseo ward office in the southeastern city of Daegu has designated ‘Doosami,’ a stray cat living near the flower gardens at the Dooryu 3-dong community service center, as an honorary social worker. [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the members of the Remon Terrace, a popular online forum in South Korea, posted details of a shocking encounter with the police while feeding a street cat on December 4. Also known by her online ID, catmom, the member was feeding a stray cat in front of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of stray cats in Seoul has nearly halved over the last 10 years after animal neuter programs were first launched, the city government has said. Under the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s cat neuter program, between 5,000 and 8,000 stray cats have been neutered every year in the city’s 25 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Police have arrested a man in his twenties for having abused a cat with boiling water and posting a video of the abuse on the Internet. Law enforcement officials from Seoul’s Bangbae district revealed on February 14 that the perpetrator identified only as A, age 25, was arrested on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government has revealed that roughly 5,000 stray cats are killed on Seoul roads each year, making up 80 percent of all roadkill accidents in the city. From 2014 to the first half of 2016, 17,036 animals were killed from car accidents in [...]