All 11 escaped wolfdogs from South Chungcheong farm recaptured after 10 days

Authorities returned the wolfdogs to the Seosan farm, easing residents’ fears after sightings spread into neighboring Dangjin. No injuries to people or livestock were reported.

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Wolf dogs are inside a cage at a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong.

All 11 wolfdogs that escaped from a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong, have been safely recovered, local fire authorities said Friday.

Eleven of the farm's 18 wolfdogs broke out of their cages at around 2 a.m. on June 16. Seven were recaptured over the following four days, but the remaining four proved harder to catch, prompting authorities to set cage traps and conduct regular patrols of the area.

Two adult wolfdogs returned to the farm on their own on Tuesday and Wednesday. The final two — five-month-old pups — were captured on Thursday and Friday. One was spotted on a hillside in Jeongmi-myeon, Dangjin, at around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, and another was captured with a landing net at the same location just after midnight. 

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No injuries to people or livestock were reported, but sightings of the animals as far as neighboring Dangjin had fueled anxiety among residents.

Wolfdogs are not classified as dangerous dogs under Korea's Animal Protection Act.


BY KIM JI-HYE [[email protected]]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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