The documentary film Twelve Nights that came out three years ago brought the true face of animal shelters to the big screen and focused public attention on the issue. On March 23, New Taipei City Councilor Tsai Shu-chun went to do an on-site inspection at the Wugu animal shelter, and she urged the New Taipei City Government Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office to make improvements. Tsai called on the office to improve the surroundings and to regularly dispatch workers to sweep the site and collect the trash. Tsai said that the animal shelter “should make the animals feel at home when they are here.”
The Wugu animal shelter is situated on Wailiao Road in Wugu District, in an outlying area that is off the beaten track. The shelter accommodates more than 300 dogs and cats. Tsai said that because no clear directions are given on Wailiao Road, people who want to adopt animals often got lost while driving there, so she called for direction signs to be erected along the road and for the tangled clumps of weeds to be trimmed, as that would make it easier for people to visit.
In addition, before the Lunar New Year, Tsai mustered some veterinarians to help out by spaying 150 bitches at the animal shelter, so as to reduce incidents of fighting and agitation among the male dogs. She is also going to pay out of her own pocket to arrange for sanitation workers to go and sweep the shelter every week. She asked for the cleaning team to support these efforts by going to remove the trash at least three times a week to reduce lingering odors.
Photo: Yeh Kuan-yu, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者葉冠妤
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
三年前的紀錄片「十二夜」，讓動物收容所的真實景象躍上大銀幕，引發民眾關注。新北市議員蔡淑君三月二十三日前往五股動物之家場勘，督促新北市動保處進行改善，要求綠美化周邊環境，並加派人力定期打掃、收運垃圾。蔡淑君說，動物之家「就是要讓動物在這裡有家的感覺！」
五股動物之家位於五股區外寮路，地處偏僻，人煙罕至，收容三百多隻犬貓。蔡淑君指出，因外寮路沿途指標不清楚，想要來認養動物的民眾常常開車開到迷路，因此要求在沿途豎立告示指標，並修剪雜亂草堆，方便民眾到訪。
此外，蔡淑君農曆年前已動員獸醫師幫忙動物之家一百五十隻母狗結紮，藉此降低公狗打鬥、躁動的情況；她也將自掏腰包，委請清潔人員每週到動物之家打掃環境，並要求清潔隊支援，一週至少三天來清運垃圾，減少異味殘存。
(自由時報記者葉冠妤)
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