Gwangju City Launches Campaign to Establish Companion Animal Culture

First Event at 5·18 Memorial Park on the 28th... Promotion of Responsibility and More

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City is implementing a companion animal culture establishment campaign to prevent animal abuse and abandonment and to resolve social issues caused by companion animals.

Hosted by Gwangju City and organized by the Gwangju Animal Protection Association With, an animal protection organization selected through a public contest, this campaign was prepared to empathize with the difficulties faced by animals living around us and to reconsider the responsibilities that companion animal owners should have, as well as issues such as dog bite accidents and noise.

In particular, the campaign will include various themes and voices to jointly consider solutions such as suppressing the occurrence of abandoned animals, animal registration, and adoption promotion.

The first campaign will start on the 28th from 1 PM at the 5·18 Memorial Park, and a total of 18 campaigns will be carried out throughout the year at public institutions, parks, subway stations, etc., once or twice a month in cooperation with animal protection organizations and related associations until the end of this year.

This promotional event is open to citizen participation, and participants will receive gifts such as companion animal snacks, waste bags, and pens, while children will be given colorful balloons.

Park Jeong-hwan, Director of the City Job Economy Office, said, “I hope a mature companion animal culture will be established through this campaign,” and added, “We will do our best to make Gwangju a city that respects life where people and animals coexist.”

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