Protection initiatives include a 2017 auction held by the Jeju Livestock Institute for those interested in adopting one of the 20 puppies.
According to the institute, the goal was to continue to breed and preserve the Jeju Dog after being criticized for selling the puppies.
[2] The dog breed is usually 49–55 centimeter long, 12–16 kilogram in weight and has an average lifespan of 15 years.
In many ways, the females look like foxes in terms of their length and width, while the males look almost identical to wolves.
Some sources cite how the Japanese during the Korean colonization ordered the slaughter of dogs indigenous to Korea and contributed to the near-extinction of the breed.