The Hualien County Government on Saturday said it would try to relocate 50 dogs that were being cared for by a private shelter in the county, after the shelter’s owner passed away.
Chu Su-mei (朱素梅), 68, sometimes cared for up to 100 stray dogs at a time, which she fed using donations collected through her shelter’s Facebook page, Aunty Chu’s Dog Shelter in Hualien Needs Our Help (花蓮朱阿姨狗園需要你我的幫忙).
Hualien Department of Agriculture Director Chen Shu-wen (陳淑雯) said the county would first communicate with Chu’s family to see if they would continue to care for the dogs, the Central News Agency reported on
The Hualien County Government on Saturday said it would assist with relocating about 50 dogs from a shelter owned by a prominent benefactor who has passed away.
Aunty Chu’s Dog Loving Paradise (朱阿姨愛狗樂園) was owned and run by Chu Su-mei (朱素梅), a 68-year-old dog lover.
Staff from the county’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine office determined that the dogs at the shelter were all in good health shortly after Chu’s death on July 5, a county official said.
The county government would first try to determine whether Chu’s family wants to run the shelter, Hualien Department of Agriculture Director
Hualien County has launched a new program to contain an invasive red fire ant species, which has spread in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Kompasu in October last year, the county’s Department of Agriculture said yesterday.
As of January, red fire ant colonies have been sighted in the townships of Fonglin (鳳林), Guangfu (光復), Rueisui (瑞穗) and Sincheng (新城), the department said in a news release, citing information from the National Red Imported Fire Ant Control Center.
Measuring about 2mm to 6mm, red fire ants have a red-brown head and thorax, and a dark brown abdomen, the department said, adding that they