Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/21
By: Huang Kuo-fang and William Yen
Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) Sixteen chicken carcasses that were recently dumped beside
Photo courtesy of Livestock Disease Control Center of Chiayi County
a creek in Chiayi County were confirmed to be carriers of the highly pathogenic H5N2 influenza virus, the Livestock Disease Control Center of Chiayi County said Friday.
The presence of the H5N2 virus in the 16 chickens dumped by the creek in Jhongpu Township was confirmed in a report issued by the Council of Agriculture’s Animal Health Research Institute, the center said.
According to the Waste Disposal Act, any unlawful disposal of dead livestock can be subject to a fine of between NT$6,000 (US$195) and NT$3 million, the center said.
More serious cases may be handed over to local prosecutors and violators could face a maximum of five years in jail combined with a fine of up to NT$15 million, the center said. [FULL STORY]
