Taipei Times
Date: Oct 25, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

Dozens of firefighters yesterday rallied outside the Executive Yuan in Taipei to protest against Premier William Lai’s (賴清德) plan to revoke a decision to transfer the responsibilities for capturing animals to the Council of Agriculture.

Lai has said fire departments are the most reliable agencies to handle the responsibilities.

The protesters performed a skit depicting the difficulties involved in capturing snakes, bees and dangerous animals, showing that they are often injured when capturing animals, or sometimes killed.    [FULL  STORY]