Taipei Times
Date: Oct 14, 2016
By: Wu Hsin-tien and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Two National Fire Agency rescue dogs that were detained at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
A rescue dog is detained at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday after its handler failed to provide the required quarantine documents. Photo: CNA, provided by the Council of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
on Tuesday were yesterday allowed to pass through customs on the condition that they are to be kept in quarantine for 21 days, the Council of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said.
According to the agency, the dogs and their handlers were returning to Taiwan from a cooperative training program in Germany, but the dogs were detained because the handlers failed to obtain quarantine papers at their point of departure.
“We reminded the handlers to obtain the papers, but the handlers said that the dogs’ cages did not comply with the local regulations and were changed, during which time they forgot to obtain the documents,” the agency said.
The bureau’s Hsinchu branch said that the handlers had shouted at bureau personnel, saying they were “too busy” to obtain the correct documentation. [FULL STORY]
