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Pet ownership in South Korea has increased in recent years. [1] Dogs are the most common household animal, owned by 75.3% of pet-owning South Korean households, followed by cats, then goldfish. South Korean pet culture is constantly developing, and the companion animal industry in South Korea is worth an estimated 3.4 trillion won as of 2020.
South Korea's major animal welfare legislation is the Animal Protection Act, passed in 1991. The stated aims of the act are to "promote the lives, safety, and welfare of animals and to promote the emotional development of people so as to respect the lives of animals by providing for matters necessary to prevent cruelty to animals and to protect and manage animals appropriately".
By 2019 all major dog meat markets had shut down across South Korea, mainly due to declining sales. In 2021, the last major dog meat market remaining shut down in Daegu. [4] On November 21, 2018, South Korea closed the country's main dog slaughterhouse, known as Taepyeong-dong. [9] The slaughterhouse was located in Seongnam. [9]
Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) is a non-profit organization that supports animal welfare in Korea [1] and deals with animal cruelty cases. It is also responsible for the care of abandoned animals and their adoption.
Most common in the south, particularly Jeju: Hydrophis cyanocinctus [10] Daudin, 1803 Annulated sea snake 얼룩바다뱀 Hydrophis melanocephalus [11] Gray, 1849 Slender-necked sea snake 먹대가리바다뱀 Oocatochus rufodorsatus [12] Cantor, 1842 Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake 무자치, 무좌수 ...
According to the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture by the Academy of Korean Studies under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (South Korea) of the South Korean government, the Pungsan dog was first recognized as a national symbol in the Korean peninsula during the Japanese colonial period. The breed was also used in Russia to hunt ...
The Siberian tiger is the national animal of the South Korea. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Korea. There are eighty-five mammal species in South Korea, of which six are endangered, six are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for South Korea is considered to be extinct. [1]
The Nureongi (Korean: 누렁이; lit. yellow one [2]), also known as the Korean Yellow Spitz or Hwanggu (황구; 黃狗), is a common, spitz-type dogs with yellowish coloring endemic to the Korean peninsula.