Jung District in central Seoul will hold a pet festival on Saturday featuring a dog sports competition, agility demonstrations and free health consultations for pets, the district office said Tuesday. The 2026 Jung District Happy Together Pet Festival will run from noon to 4 p.m. on the soccer field at Sohn Kee-chung Sports Park. The park is named after the Korean runner who won the marathon competition at the 1936 Berlin Olympics while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. As of Sept. 10, 183 pets were registered in the district: 9,753 dogs and 430 cats. Separate household data shows about three in 10 district residents live with a pet. The festival will open with a “happy walk,” in which owners walk their pets around the park and pick up litter. A “dog olympics” follows, involving a 20-meter sprint and an obedience contest. The official opening ceremony begins at 2 p.m. Korea’s national dog sports team will demonstrate their agility on a timed obstacle course. There will also be a Frisbee-catching competition and children will get to try dog sports with the animals. A quiz o