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EK Park, Executive Director

About EK Park, Executive Director

EK Park is the founder of Free Korean Dogs. She is a photographer, videographer and animal advocate. Born on a small farm in South Korea, EK now lives in Bracebridge ON with her partner, Greg, three dogs and a grumpy cat.

Our Little Joy Jeje

January 18, 2022 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

It has been a month since David and I arrived at the airport to pick up our little joy, Jeje. Despite being quite experienced with dogs myself, I was a bit nervous with how everything would go since Jeje spent so many hours in the plane. She didn’t know me and we didn’t know her …Read More about Our Little Joy Jeje

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog Tagged With: Adoption, fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs

Freedom Walk 2021

August 10, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to announce our third annual Freedom Walk! 100% of proceeds will help support the food, medical, shelter, and training needs of dog meat farm rescues. Come out and join us in person or virtually! Our Freedom Walk is open to everyone and anyone, anywhere! You don’t need to be a FKD adopter …Read More about Freedom Walk 2021

Filed Under: Featured, Fundraising, Public Awareness Tagged With: Freedom walk, Korean Rescue Dogs, Seattle Dog Community, Toronto Dog Community, Vancouver Dog Community

Three Journeys, and One Place Called Home

June 29, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

One dog turned into two, and two into three. The story of how we ended up adopting the perfect trio. 

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog, Featured

Yongin Dog Meat Rescue Update 1

May 18, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

Since we rescued and took custody of the 15 dogs from a restaurant in Yongin, Korea where they were destined to be handpicked for slaughter whenever a patron ordered fresh (dog) meat soup off the menu. They were kept in small, filthy cages on the property behind the restaurant, strategically positioned away from public eyes despite …Read More about Yongin Dog Meat Rescue Update 1

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured Tagged With: Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Yongin dog rescue

Winter brings spring

April 8, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As the pandemic hit in 2020, I quarantined with my beloved 14 year old rescue dog Rascal. I knew we were in our last season together, and I put all of my energy into making the most out of our time. He was the best dog I’ve ever known, and my best friend. At the …Read More about Winter brings spring

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Adoption story, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

Can I handle this?

January 2, 2020 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

There have been moments in the first six months of Luna and Peanut joining our family where I have asked myself this, among other questions. “Am I equipped to help them?” “Are we making progress?” “Am I failing them?”

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Toronto

Life with Bean

December 13, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 4 Comments

You do your research. You follow your intuition and trust your instincts. You think you know what to expect. You’re prepared for this! You’ve been searching and looking for years (in our case, we wanted to wait to adopt until we owned a house with a yard). Then you see him/her – the one!

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Toronto Dog Adoption

Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 2

November 21, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

Now, we were all caught up in the idea of another dog and the personality traits in that we forgot to check one thing. What size the new pup should be. Only on the day of pickup my eyes widened realizing that Molly is the same size (30lbs) as Nikita, but is still a puppy. …Read More about Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 2

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 1

November 21, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

It has been a week since we moved to our new home. Strangers appeared on the front lawn. She froze.  Gasping, shrinking into her lead watermelon form – rooted into the grass beneath as if the world was tearing away. I silently lowered myself – enveloping her with my arms, breathing in deep to firmly…close …Read More about Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 1

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Toronto Dog Adoption

How Barkley Met His Brother: Introducing a rescue to a resident dog

November 12, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

This story is not about blood-related brothers. However, they became brothers by household and bond. The Commitment My husband and I have had Barkley since he was a puppy. Barkley is well socialized, house-trained, and pretty calm and obedient. He loves being around other dogs of any size.  Although Barkley is a bit over 9 …Read More about How Barkley Met His Brother: Introducing a rescue to a resident dog

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korea, Korean Dogs, Toronto Adoption

Love paves the way

November 1, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

I have worked in the pet/dog business for quite a few years now. I have seen all sorts of dogs in all sorts of situations that I truly thought I knew EXACTLY what I was getting into. Boy. Was. I. Wrong.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korea

Aerinwon’s closure and the homeless dogs’ future

October 10, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

On September 25th, 2019, Korea’s largest private shelter was shutdown by law enforcement officials despite opposition from the shelter’s owner Gyeonghee Gong. The grounds for shutting down the facility was based on the claim the land did not legally belong to Gong and was therefore being used illegally. While the intention was to reclaim possession …Read More about Aerinwon’s closure and the homeless dogs’ future

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Korea

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