SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – On July 9, a giraffe named Elsa was born at the Seoul Zoo. It was a meaningful birth, as it was the first giraffe birth in the eight years since Elsa’s mother Hwanhee was born. Seoul Zoo named the giraffe Elsa after the heroine in Disney’s ‘Frozen’. Elsa’s father [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Camels in Korea are being isolated and tested for the MERS virus to ease the anxiety of visitors to zoos, although all of them were imported from Australia or born in Korea. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency on June 7, citizens do not have to fear [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — When Samjung The Park, the only zoo in Busan, began opening at night from May, animal protection groups criticized the change as abuse that puts severe stress on the animals. The zoo extended its operation hours from 10am-5pm to 10am-9pm from May 1, as the park receives the largest [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samjung The Park, Busan‘s only zoo, is under suspicion of conducting illegal logging at a dense forest site, and building an unauthorized children’s playground. As the Busan Metropolitan City government and the Busanjin-gu Office said that they had yet to find evidence of any illegal activity at the zoo, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A female Siberian Tiger kept in Busan’s only zoo, Samjung The Park, is reported to have devoured its own offspring, according to an announcement from the zoo and the Nakdong River Basin Agency of the Ministry of Environment on January 22. The mother tiger gave birth to a cub on December [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Jedori,” the dolphin that caused a stir last year about animal rights and animal welfare, has finally returned to his home off Jeju Island. His four-year travail on land from capture to final release will be made into a documentary and distributed in 50 countries around the world. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 07 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the upcoming fall season, Seoul Grand Park has launched a special program “From Seoul Zoo to DMZ,” jointly with School Gimm-Young Publishers, a publishing house specializing in children’s books. Attempted for the first time by the Grand Park, the program allows children to experience firsthand wildlife [...]