A young wolf that broke out of a zoo in Daejeon has been seen for the first time since his escape last week, sources said Tuesday.
Fire authorities and police stepped up operations on Wednesday to track and capture a wolf that escaped from a zoo in Daejeon as the search for the fugitive canine entered its third day.
A wolf escaped from Daejeon's O-World theme park on Wednesday morning, and authorities are currently searching for the missing canine.
A suspected animal abuser who allegedly tortured stray cats by inflicting burns was arrested, the Daejeon Dongbu Police Precinct said Monday.
Veteran singer Kim Jang-hoon, currently on his nationwide “One Man Show” tour, is extending his offstage goodwill with a weekend bazaar to help abandoned and rescued dogs.
A survey by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs showed that 29.2 percent of households were keeping pets at home Of these households, 80.5 percent had dogs, while 14.4 percent had cats and 4.1 percent fish.
Comedian Ro Hong-chul has come under fire for alleged animal abuse after posting photos taken next to a sleeping lion in Tanzania.
In Korea, the legal protection to own animals, even for owners convicted of repeated offenses toward animals, exists. Now, that may finally be changing.
A snake found in a subway station restroom in Seoul earlier this month was confirmed to be a ball python, an internationally near-threatened species, Gangnam District Office said Friday.
The head of an animal protection group has been put on trial for pretending to adopt stray animals to claim government subsidies. The defendant falsely claimed to have adopted stray animals as pets in order to receive adoption support funds.
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