Do You Know 'Petgging,' Picking Up Trash While Walking Your Dog? ... Yeongjin College Students' Environmental Volunteer Activities

Students from the Animal Health Department at Yeongjin College engaged in ESG-based environmental volunteer activities on the 16th.

The major research club "Anishon," consisting of 14 first- and second-year students, regularly conducts pet-gging along the pet walking trail on Gonghanggangbyeon-ro in Buk-gu, Daegu, near the college. Pet-gging is an activity where participants walk their dogs while picking up trash.

Students of the Animal Health Department at Yeongjin College, members of the group 'Anision,' are conducting pet walking activities on the Gonghang Sanchaek-ro in Buk-gu, Daegu.

They recently held their second pet-gging environmental volunteer activity following the first one in April.

Gwak Ji-hyun, president of "Anishon," said, "Since we aspire to become animal health technicians, we started pet-gging to protect the global environment and to improve citizens' uncomfortable perceptions related to walking companion animals."

The Animal Health Department also conducts regular volunteer activities at Hannane Abandoned Dog Shelter (Palgongsan, Daegu) as part of ESG-based volunteer work.

Additionally, under the motto of the Korean Dog Exploration Series, they visited the Korean Sapsal Dog Foundation and the Gyeongju Dog Donggyeong Preservation Research Institute. Afterward, they created posters based on what they learned there and exhibited them both on and off campus to raise social awareness about native Korean dog breeds.

Bae Dong-hwa, head of the Animal Health Department at Yeongjin College, stated, "It is truly admirable to see our students practicing ESG not only through their major courses but also by engaging in pet-gging activities to establish a proper pet culture. We will strive to nurture talents who can form a communal consensus in addition to loving companion animals."

The Animal Health Department was reorganized from the existing Pet Care and Pet Health majors into a department in 2023. It aims to train professional animal health technicians equipped with national certifications and provide global premium companion animal medical services.

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