SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park said Wednesday that Mio, a lioness born in 2011, was sent to Japan Tuesday in accordance with a lion-cheetah mutual transfer agreement signed with Tama Zoological Park. In return, Tama Zoo will be sending two male cheetahs, born in 2017, to Seoul Grand Park this year. [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Three golden-headed lion tamarins, an endangered species of monkey, are settling well after moving into the zoo at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul. Originally from the tropical forests of South America, golden-headed lion tamarins are at risk of extinction, with only 6,000 remaining in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park held its 26th Animal Memorial Ceremony for the animals that lived and passed away at the zoo. The memorial ceremony first began in 1995 to honor the animals that lived at the old Changgyeongwon Zoo (1909 to 1983) in Seoul and the Seoul Grand Park Zoo [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A zoo turtle has been filmed helping out a friend who had flipped over on its back. Seoul Grand Park, one of the biggest parks in the Seoul metropolitan area, revealed a video Friday in which a sulcata tortoise was found pushing against a friend to help it get [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park’s old Ocean Hall, once popular in the 1980s and 1990s for its dolphin shows, has been renovated into a platform to raise awareness about animal welfare and the marine ecosystem. The park held an online opening ceremony on Tuesday via YouTube, changing the hall’s name to [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters announced on Wednesday that it has decided to donate agricultural crops such as canola, rye and barley cultivated at parks along the Han River to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo and social welfare organizations. The Hangang Project Headquarters have cultivated agricultural crops [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean zoo said Tuesday it will closely work with the Bukit Merah Orangutan Island Foundation, a Malaysian body dedicated to the care of the orangutan, to preserve the animal species. As part of the effort, the zoo at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam, also known as the Busan-Gyeongnam Horse Racing Park and SK Telecom Co. hosted a Zoo Without Animals using augmented reality (AR) technology on Saturday and Sunday. The Zoo Without Animals invites participants both young and old to meet with various animals through AR technology accessible via [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean public is divided over a recent move to abolish zoos, questioning the intent of breeding animals to show them to the public. Amid the controversy, a zoo in North Jeolla Province is attempting to bring about happy coexistence between humans and animals. It was 2015 when [...]
JANGSEONG, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Animals from “Jungle Zoo Love Banana,” a plant and animal experience center in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province, have found new homes. Animals saved from a fire last Sunday are recovering in a greenhouse at the county’s agricultural technology center, according to local officials. Opened in April of last [...]