Incheon District Court A 74-year-old Korean man, Park Mok, adopted two dogs and promised the owners that he would “treat them like children,” but unexpectedly he killed the dogs less than two hours after adopting them and made them into a “tonic soup. On November 23, the Incheon District Court sentenced Mr. Park to six months in prison for “fraud” and “violating animal protection laws. However, this did not quell the public’s anger, as more than 62,000 Korean netizens have so far petitioned on the Cheong Wa Dae petition board, demanding that he be severely punished. [Read More]

A pack of African wild dogs escaped from their yard and killed 16 animals in the Worcestershire Wildlife Park in England due to damage caused by Storm Siara, Sky News reported on February 14. A park spokeswoman said that in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 12 wild dogs entered a compound near the park, killing six Persian fallow deer and 10 Barbary sheep. The park spokeswoman had previously said, “At no time was there a risk to public safety or any danger of animals escaping the park fence. [Read More]