People should not take in or feed wild birds found outside, as doing so could incur fines or prison terms, the Changhua District Prosecutors’ Office has said.
A man surnamed Chiu (邱) was on April 21 given a deferred sentence of 15 days in a case that stems from January 2019, the office said.
Chiu, 73, was found guilty of contravening the Wildlife Protection Act (野生動物保育法), after he took in three Taiwan hwameis two that were given to him by a friend in January, and one that he captured in December that year.
After receiving an anonymous report about the