The China Post
Date: November 18, 2017
By: Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA staff reporter
In Taiwan, temples and stray cats are a common sight, but one rarely sees both in the
Unlike most temples where it is unacceptable for animals to be wandering around, Yi Tien Temple (義天宮) provides a cozy refuge for cats. (CNA)
same place, except at Yi Tien Temple (義天宮) in New Taipei, where nine stray cats have made a home.
The temple, built in 1965 in honor of the sea goddess Matsu, has become known not just a place of worship for residents of Sanchong, but also a shelter for cats in the neighborhood.
Unlike most temples where it is unacceptable for animals to be wandering around, Yi Tien Temple provides a cozy refuge for cats.
“It’s not like we’re picking up cats around the clock, it’s just that it’s impossible to sit and watch them die,” Wang Hsiu-ying (王秀英), leader of the temple’s Buddhist chanting group, told CNA.
Wang, who has been serving as a volunteer at the temple since its opening, talks to the cats mostly in whispers.
“You are hungry, aren’t you,” she said, picking up a 10-day old kitten to give it a bottle feed. [FULL STORY]
