DAEGU, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu will push for projects to protect pets, including strengthening the management of stray animals, with the aim of creating a “pet friendly city.” According to Daegu’s city government, officials have decided to implement various measures to protect pets in order to establish a pet culture [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will offer one year of pet insurance coverage for residents who adopt an abandoned dog, while measures will be put in place to protect stray dogs and cats living in redevelopment zones. The city announced new plans on Tuesday to pay for pet insurance for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Stray cats are not usually associated with local elections, but as animal welfare gains more prominence as a social issue, the furry creatures are creating ripples in the upcoming election. This is especially true in the case of the street cats left behind at a large apartment complex in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials at Seoul Grand Park Zoo have decided to adopt 51 local stray cats that have been living on the premises into the zoo’s family. Stray cats at the zoo had not been officially recognized by zoo authorities previously despite having lived there for a while, until officials announced [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Animal rights organization Tinker Bell Project announced Thursday that it had installed four “soup kitchen” shelters for stray cats around the National Assembly building in Seoul on January 4. The shelters, in the form of two-story mini-cabins, will provide a resting place for the animals to escape the cold [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – After last week’s discovery of cats infected with the H5N6 strain of avian influenza in Korea, animal rights activists have voiced concerns that the animals may also face a similar fate as some 30 million poultry that have been culled so far across the country. Although the government made [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – As stray cats are an urban problem causing many issues, there have been an increasing number of cases in which stray cats crawl into electricity distribution equipment, get shocked, and cause a blackout in the neighborhood. A blackout that happened at an apartment complex in Sindang-dong turned out to have [...]
SEOUL, Nov.20 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty seven facilities to feed stray cats will be established at four parks in the metropolitan area, including Seoul Forest and World Cup Park. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will be managing feeding facilities for stray cats. The facilities will be run in cooperation with animal related non-governmental [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, conflicts between ‘Cat Moms’ and local residents are causing controversy. ‘Cat Moms’ are animal lovers who feed stray cats. They sometimes provide them with a place to rest. However, residents nearby are often not happy about these Cat Moms, as the cats can be loud and unsanitary. An [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 14 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on September 7 based on a research project commissioned to the Korea Social Economic Institute, the number of house cats in Korea has almost doubled in two years to 1.16 million in 2012 from 630,000 in 2010. The [...]