Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou (
Gou, who heads a multibillion dollar computer chip and software empire, said he was motivated to help with the country's stray dog rescue effort when a teacher named Chia Hung-chiu (賈鴻秋) knelt in front his office building for hours of in May, asking people to help stop animal shelters from killing the unadopted animals.
COMPLICATED
"I was on the airplane when I heard the news. I immediately called Taipei County Magistrate Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) and said I wanted the county to stop killing stray dogs," Gou recalled, adding he later felt discouraged when he realized the stray animal problem was a lot more complicated than simply implementing a no-kill policy.
Through his Younglin Foundation (永齡基金會), Gou formed a working alliance between NTU and the Taipei County Government.
NTU President Lee Si-chen (李嗣涔) estimated the project, dubbed "Care for Lives, Protect Animals," will be completed in three years. During this time, the university hopes to eradicate the country's stray animal problem by working closely with international experts who are familiar with various kinds of tactics.
10,000 EVERY YEAR
Chou said there are 10,000 new stray animals in Taipei County alone every year and 70,000 countrywide. The cost of the caretaking fee for each animal is roughly NT$30,000. According to that calculation, the government will have to budget NT$2.1 billion (US$64 million) each year to keep strays alive in shelters.
Four factors led to the declaration of a typhoon day and the cancelation of classes yesterday, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said. Work and classes were canceled across Taiwan yesterday as Typhoon Krathon was forecast to make landfall in the southern part of the country. However, northern Taiwan had only heavy winds during the day and rain in the evening, leading some to criticize the cancelation. Speaking at a Taipei City Council meeting yesterday, Chiang said the decision was made due to the possibility of landslides and other problems in mountainous areas, the need to avoid a potentially dangerous commute for those
There are 77 incidents of Taiwanese travelers going missing in China between January last year and last month, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said. More than 40 remain unreachable, SEF Secretary-General Luo Wen-jia (羅文嘉) said on Friday. Most of the reachable people in the more than 30 other incidents were allegedly involved in fraud, while some had disappeared for personal reasons, Luo said. One of these people is Kuo Yu-hsuan (郭宇軒), a 22-year-old Taiwanese man from Kaohsiung who went missing while visiting China in August. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office last month said in a news statement that he was under investigation
PRO-CHINA SLOGANS: Two DPP members criticized police officers’ lack of action at the scene, saying that law enforcement authorities should investigate the incident Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taipei on Tuesday held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China.” Hong Kong democracy activists were holding a demonstration as Tuesday was China’s National Day. A video posted online by civic group Hong Kong Outlanders shows a couple, who are allegedly Chinese, during the demonstration. “Today is China’s National Day, and I won’t allow the displaying of these flags,” the male yells in the video before pushing some demonstrators and knocking down a few flagpoles. Radio Free Asia reported that some of the demonstrators
An aviation jacket patch showing a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh has become popular overseas, including at an aviation festival held by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at the Ashiya Airbase yesterday. The patch was designed last year by Taiwanese designer Hsu Fu-yu (徐福佑), who said that it was inspired by Taiwan’s countermeasures against frequent Chinese military aircraft incursions. The badge shows a Formosan black bear holding a Republic of China flag as it punches Winnie the Pooh — a reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) — who is dressed in red and is holding a honey pot with
RSS