Tainan’s two animal shelters last year boasted an adoption rate of nearly 80 percent after four years of structural improvements and professional training initiatives.
From 2018 to last year, the city received NT$12 million (US$431,267) in federal funding to improve facilities at the shelters, the Tainan Animal Health Inspection and Protection Office said on Tuesday.
The result was a 79 percent adoption rate last year, with 2,596 pets finding new homes, it said.
The success is due in part to the office’s canine vocational training center, where professionals train dogs to become herders, medical response animals, therapy dogs, police dogs, guards and more.
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