Following reports of confirmed rabies infections among ferret-badgers in Oluanpi Pingtung County’s Hengchun Township, the Pingtung County Animal Disease Control Center provided free rabies vaccinations for cats and dogs on Tuersday last week. As many worried pet owners brought their pets for vaccination, the Hengchun Township Government and the Kenting National Park Headquarters stressed that the official alert level had not been raised, and that detailed field studies would have to be carried out to clarify the situation. They also said that hospitals in the area under their jurisdiction currently have sufficient rabies vaccine in store and that all that members of the public need do is tighten control over their pets while the authorities increase their efforts to catch stray dogs and cats, adding that there is no need to be too concerned that the disease will spread further.
Wang Man-ti, an animal protection activist in Hengchun, said that thanks to Heart of Taiwan Animal Care, most adopted stray dogs and cats have been neutered or spayed, vaccinated against rabies and earmarked. Wang also said that although not all of those animals wear a collar, they are safe, and added a wish that as the authorities catch strays, they should pay close attention so that they don’t kill innocent animals.
(Liberty Times, translated by Perry Svensson)
鵝鑾鼻傳出白鼻心確診染狂犬病,屏東家畜疾病防治所十二月三十日到恆春鎮免費幫犬貓施打疫苗,不少擔心的飼主帶寵物注射,恆春鎮公所及墾管處則強調官方防疫等級未提昇,仍須做詳細田野調查釐清疫情,目前轄區內醫院都有充足的狂犬病疫苗,民眾只須嚴加看管家中寵物,衛生單位會加強捕捉無主流浪貓狗,不必過度擔心疫情擴散。
Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Liberty Times
照片: 自由時報記者蔡宗憲攝
恆春動保人士王滿地指出,在台灣之心協會協助下,多數被認養的流浪貓狗都已結紮並施打狂犬疫苗,並進行「剪耳」標記,雖未全數戴上項圈,已是安全無虞的個體,希望各單位捕捉時能詳加確認,別誤殺這些無辜的動物生命。
(自由時報)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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