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《TAIPEI TIMES》 DGH to replace flawed crab crossings - 焦點 ltn.com.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ltn.com.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Tsai Tsung-hsien and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerPingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township (車城). ....
Pingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township (車城). Pingtung County Environmental Protection Union supervisory board member Chu Yu-hsi (朱玉璽) said that numerous crabs dwelling in a nearby wetland are killed by vehicles on a 250m section of the road each year. The section which runs north-south along the wetland from Sihchong (四重) creek to Baoli (保力) creek acts as a barrier to the crabs, which reproduce on land, he said. Citing roadkill figures gathered by volunteers, Chu said that vehicles run over about 10 female crabs every day ....
Animal rights advocates on Thursday called on the government to consider the needs of land crabs before planning construction projects or maintenance work, as crabs in Kenting National Park (墾丁國家公園) are often at risk when they cross Provincial Highway 26 to lay eggs in the ocean. New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) held a news conference to warn about the issue as the land crab breeding season approaches. “Ecological assessment has been taken more seriously than before for road and river improvement projects, but still has room for improvement,” Chen said. For instance, a road construction project led by the Directorate-General of ....