NOTICE: No new content has been added since Animal Rescue Korea closed in 2014. Phone numbers, email addresses, shelter policies, and other details may be out of date. Information is kept for historical purposes only.
A word of advice to those out there who are not able to keep their pets, for whatever reason. Please don't say that you have to "get rid of" your cat or dog, rabbit or hamster, etc.
Whenever I first... read more
“Here are best friends under mercy killing, TODAY!”
“If not adopted, they are killed.”
The signs are in English and Korean. A team of Korean volunteers wear bright orange vests—one cuddles a silver... read more
It was a time unlike any other: my romantic relationship crumbled and then the tsunami hit Japan. Of course, in my mind, external reality merely reflected the turmoil and emotional chaos that was... read more