Taipei, July 9 (CNA) This year's Chanchao Taipei Pets Show once again displayed the latest snacks, services and trinkets that owners can buy to spoil their pets, but many visitors were more attuned to ways to help their older companions live out their days comfortably.
Legislators across party lines and civic groups yesterday called on the Council of Agriculture’s (COA) recently established Pet Management Division to stop the practice of offering mice, rabbits, birds, reptiles and other small animals as prizes.
The practice harms animals and sets a bad example about the value of life, they told a news conference in Taipei.
Taiwan Rabbit Saving Association Public Affairs division head Lin Chiao (林樵) played several videos showing how small animals are offered as prizes at night markets, fairs and other places or events.
The environment is unsanitary and the games are inhumane, Lin said, adding that offering animals
Student investigated after allegedly dyeing cat pink
By Lo Chi
and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A university student is under investigation for animal abuse after she allegedly dyed her cat pink, generating a heated response online as social media users accused the school of ignoring the issue.
The Tungnan University student allegedly dyed the cat herself, and posted photographs and video footage of it on social media.
A member of the public on May 1 contacted the New Taipei City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office to report the incident, the Taiwan Animal Protection Monitor Network said.
A student from Tungnan University holds her pet cat, whose fur she allegedly dyed pink, in an undated photograph.