Pop star explores human-animal bond in YouTube program
06/01/2021 10:26 PM
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Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Season 2 of P-Pet, a YouTube channel dedicated to animal welfare issues in Taiwan, will start Wednesday evening, with its host, Taiwanese actor and singer Ken Chu (朱孝天), continuing to explore the bonds between humans and animals.
Although the shooting of the program is currently suspended due to the recent local outbreak of COVID-19, fans can watch the four episodes that have already been filmed, which feature Tainan as an animal-friendly city, said Yu Jui-ling (游瑞伶), head of the production team.
Yu told CNA Tuesday that in Season 2, Chu will travel across the country with his dog, Kirby, to learn what different local governments are doing to promote better treatment of animals.
Chen Chu-long (陳鉅龍) was so terrified before his first day in prison, his hair was falling out. Although the professional dog trainer had said yes to working there, his mind was full of violent scenes from Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-fat’s (周潤發) 1987 classic, Prison on Fire (監獄風雲).
“The inmates’ expressions were fierce and aggressive,” Chen says. “I was afraid to look them in the eyes. But when they were asked to share their experiences with dogs that first day, they couldn’t stop talking.”
That was 15 years ago, and Hsinchu Prison’s dog training program for inmates, the first of its kind