Ministry launches nationwide consultative body for publicly operated zoos after wolf escape

A nationwide consultative body for publicly operated zoos will launch later this week, in response to growing safety concerns sparked by a wolf's escape from a theme park in Daejeon last month. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said it will hold the inaugural meeting of the new council on Wednesday in Seoul, bringing together ministry officials, the National Institute of Ecology, the Korean Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the heads of South Korea's public zoos. The move come

By The Korea Herald