Pet owners visit a cat fair held at AT Center in Seoul / Yonhap
The number of dogs, cats and other pet animals registered in Korea rose by more than 5 percent on-year last year, data showed Monday.
The figure reached 3.67 million in 2025, up 5.3 percent from a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
But newly registered animals declined 4.9 percent to some 247,000 over the cited period.
In Korea, dog owners are required to register their pets with the authorities, while cat registration remains optional, as part of an effort to reduce the number of stray animals.
