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[HollyLove]

As the title implies, anyone know what's the closet animal shelter to Bucheon?

[n�fara]

Are you looking to adopt a pet, or bring a stray you've found to a shelter?
Just wondering so I might be able to direct you better.

[HollyLove]

volunteer and maybe adopt after the holidays

[n�fara]

Hmm. There are municipal shelters located in Incheon, but I don't think they usually take volunteers (although after 10 days the animals they take in are up for adoption). Visit the link superlong link here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.animal.go.kr%2Fportal_rnl%2Fabandonment%2Fpublic_list.jsp
and scroll down to select Incheon to see what animals they have.

If you would like to volunteer and don't mind traveling to Seoul, there are a couple shelters / animal clinics that welcome volunteers:
The Nabiya cat shelter (Facebook Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18503143577
Korean link on Daum: http://cafe.daum.net/kittenshelter). Located in Seobinggo Yongsan.
Dr. Pet, a vet clinic in Gangnam Gu which boards rescued dogs, cats, and the occasional rabbit or hedgehog, too. (more info at http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1592)

Also, every Saturday a group of volunteers trek down to Asan to volunteer at a private shelter. The shelter is home to over 200 animals, cats and dogs, big and small, that are looking for homes. You can read more about that shelter, and the volunteer trips there, here: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/index.php?pageid=asan-shelter

The website www.animalrescuekorea.org is actually a good place to go to ask this same question. There are quite a few people on the site who are pretty knowledgeable, and might know of more shelters closer to where you live.

Good luck, and I hope you can find a good place at which to volunteer! And if you can give a forever home to an animal here in Korea, that would be great