Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/11
By: Wen Kuei-hsiang and Ko Lin

Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) A legislative report is calling for a review of the Animal

Protection Act amid the booming popularity of claw crane machines and the growing practice of offering live animals as prizes, which has sparked accusations of animal cruelty.

A report by the Legislative Yuan’s Organic Law and Statute Bureau published on Aug. 3 noted reports by local media that some outlets using claw crane machines were operating on the edge of the law.

They are accused of offering live animals such as lobsters and mud crabs as prizes and putting up signs to tell customers that “clawing invertebrates is not against the law.”

Technically, they are not wrong because invertebrates are not covered by the Animal Protection Act, but the report said caging live animals and hurting them by grabbing and dropping them shows no respect for living things or animal protection.    [FULL  STORY]