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Animal rights advocates yesterday staged a sit-in in front of the Forestry Bureau to protest a hearing on allowing special interest groups, including indigenous people, to hunt wildlife.
Protesters read out statements and shouted slogans such as “We oppose the bureau opening up for illegal hunting,” “Stop killing endangered wildlife” and “Animals cannot speak up for themselves, so we have to speak for them.”
Wildlife are living creatures and resources belonging to all citizens, not meat to be eaten by special interest groups, said Chu Tseng-hung (朱增宏), an executive at the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan.
Also present were members from the
CLARITY NEEDED: While saying they were entirely against hunting, animal rights advocates did point out that gray areas in the law are prone to abuseBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter