GANGNEUNG, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With three to four lost or abandoned dogs rescued daily at one animal center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, the facility has maxed out its full capacity. With space for 40 animals, the shelter currently houses 105 dogs. As abandoned dogs keep being reported, the shelter has opened up a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Stray dog Tory, once destined for the dinner table, now sits at the President’s table in the Blue House as an official member of the First Family. President Moon’s adoption of Tory has been seen by some as a strong message against the dog meat industry in Korea. On [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The growing number of feral dogs in South Korea is sparking a national debate on how they should be dealt with, with one municipal government going so far as to call for violent stray dogs to be labeled as harmful wild animals and exterminated, putting itself on a collision course [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in will become South Korea’s first leader to adopt a stray dog while in office, announced Blue House officials on Sunday. The soon-to-be First Dog, Tori, was rescued two years ago by animal rights group Care, moments before it was to be slaughtered for dog meat. However, it [...]
GWANGJU, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Beggar King’, a stray dog that terrorized students at Gwangju National University of Education for the past three months, has finally been captured. After being shot with a tranquilizer gun by firefighters, the dog ran away but was captured shortly thereafter. The male dog known as Beggar King showed up [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is planning to employ 1,000 citizens as animal rights monitoring agents until 2020, according to a statement presented at an open debate about animal rights on May 12. The city is set to develop five more pet playgrounds in Seoul, achieve registrations of more than 600,000 pets, [...]
SEJONG, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 81,000 animals including cats and dogs were abandoned in Korea last year, according to a report from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) published on May 7. The figure is a 16.5 percent decrease from 97,000 abandoned animals in 2013. Around 58,000 dogs were abandoned last [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – During big holidays such as Chuseok, or Korean equivalent of Thanksgivingday, family reunions are central to the traditional Korean festivity: families and relatives all around the nation come together to share food and their stories. However, this big holiday season also comes as a good-bye moment to a significant number [...]