Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/07
By: Yang Su-min and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, Oct. 7 (CNA) With an increasing number of Taiwanese keeping cats as pets,
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the Council of Agriculture (COA) is looking to include cats in its regulations on the management of the sale of specific animals, an official said on Saturday.
In an interview with CNA, Chiang Wen-chuan (江文全), chief of the COA’s animal protection division, revealed the council’s plans to amend its Regulations for Particular Animal Industry Management, which currently only covers dogs, to include cats.
Chiang said the amendment is necessary to supplement the Animal Protection Act.
The Act requires anyone who “operates breeding, trading and lodging business of specific breeds of pets” to possess a permit, but it currently only applies in practice to those in the dog business because dogs are the only “specific breed” cited in the COA’s regulations, leaving the sale of cats open to abuse. [FULL STORY]