A study of the animal populations in animal shelters in Taiwan
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chen, Chih-Ling
Abstract
The Animal Protection Law was publicly enforced in November 1998. This essay mainly investigates the numbers of dogs entered and exited animal shelters in Taiwan from 2000 (two years after The Animal Protection Law was publicly announced) to 2007. here are two ways of dogs entered shelters, being “Animal Control Officer (ACO) captured” and “surrender by owners.” National numbers of dogs entered shelters from 2000 to 2007 are: 61,181(2000), 55,658(2001), 59,646 (2002), 71,980(2003), 75,648(2004), 80,329(2005), 94,689(2006), 109,136(2007), posing the increasing trend. Most of those entered are categorized as “Animal Control Officer capture,” the ratios from 2000 to 2007 are: 96%(2000), 91%(2001), 86%(2002), 83%(2003), 85%(2004), 85%(2005), 86%(2006), 88%(2007). Dogs “surrendered by owners” are very few.ays of dogs to exit shelters comprise ‘euthanasia”, “reclaimed and adopted”, “ill or fight to death” and “other or lost”. The majority of them is euthanasia. Ratios of euthanasia from 2000 to 2007 are: 70%(2000), 58%(2001), 60%(2002), 65%(2003), 64%(2004), 73%(2005), 75%(2006), 75%(2007). Ratios of “reclaimed and adopted” from 2000 to 2007 are between 19% and 12%. Although abandoned dogs have been increasing, but dogs to be “reclaimed and adopted” from shelters are not increasing proportionally. his thesis also discusses from the aspect of Chinese religions on the barrier to solve the pet overpopulation problem.
Subjects
Animal Control Officer (ACO) captureds
surrender by owners
euthanasia
reclaimed and adopted
ill or fight to death
other or lost
Type
thesis
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