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Taipei, March 22 (CNA) A coalition of animal protection groups have called on the government to block plans by Leofoo Village to import three giraffes from Mexico, alleging that eight giraffes at the Hsinchu County safari park died over the last decade due to poor care.
Animal rights advocates and legislators yesterday protested an application by Leofoo Village Theme Park to import three giraffes from Mexico, citing the premature deaths of eight giraffes at the park over the past decade.
The park in Hsinchu County’s Guansi Township (關西) claims to be the first zoo in Asia to be combined with a theme park and resort hotel, with more than 1,000 animals from about 70 species.
However, it has been fraught with controversy since its opening in 1976, the Taiwan Animal Equality Association and Life Conservationist Association told a news conference in Taipei.
After just three years of operation in
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