Taiwan English News
Date: July 26, 2018
By: Phillip Charlier

Police and animal welfare officials ended a three month long investigation after finding evidence that two men had adopted 20 stray dogs from animal shelters, and sold them to be slaughtered for meat in Taichung City.

In March this year, after an investigation by the Miaoli County Animal Protection and Epidemic Prevention Bureau, two men named Qiu – an uncle and nephew, were fined NT$30,000 each after being found guilty animal cruelty offences for trapping stray dogs using wire traps. Further investigations began when it was discovered that the two men had adopted 20 stray dogs, which were unaccounted for.

The suspects were found to have gone to animal shelters in Hsinchu County and Miaoli County to adopt the dogs from the beginning of the year to March.

The suspects claimed that they had adopted the dogs and sent them to friends as watchdogs. However, police went to each address provided and found no trace of the dogs. As the men’s lies crumbled, investigators suspected that the dogs had been sold for slaughter.    [FULL  STORY]