Driver who hit and injured turtle ordered to pay damages, but pet owner also at fault

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment

A Taichung City resident was ordered to pay 80% of medical costs for the repair of a turtle’s shell, after she hit the animal while driving out of a parking lot in October, 2023. The pet owner was also found partially at fault. According to evidence presented to the Taichung District Court, a man named Hsu was walking his pet turtle in a car park when a woman, named Lee, driving a light truck, hit the animal, causing cracks to

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August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment animal smuggling, coast guard, smuggling

Three men, including a former coast guard officer, were found guilty and sentenced for attempting to smuggle 154 cats from China to Taiwan in 2021. Taiwan’s Supreme Court sentenced Zhang Fangyi and Zheng Changjia to one and a half years in prison, while Guo Minhao was sentenced to one year and two months suspended for four years. According to evidence presented to the court, on August 19, 2021, the fishing boat Shunfa 88 departed from the Badouzi Fishing Port in

physics teacher drops cat to demonstrate conservation of angular momentum

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March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal abuse

A Taipei City cram school teacher has apologized after receiving widespread condemnation for using a real cat to demonstrate what physicists call “the falling cat problem.” Physics teacher Lee Feng took to social media late last night to make a public apology after a video of him conducting the experiment went viral yesterday. The video shows Lee holding a ginger cat upside down by its legs before releasing it and letting it fall to the ground in front of a

bulging pockets of petty thief pocketing turtles

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January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment pets, petty thief, Tainan City, turtles

A shoplifter was caught red-handed after stuffing a total of 14 small turtles in his pockets at an aquarium store in Tainan City yesterday, Sunday, January 21. At around 4:00pm, a store clerk at an aquarium shop in Anping District noticed a small turtle fall out of a customer’s bulging trouser pocket, and suspecting the man was attempting to shoplift, immediately called the police. Police from the nearby Huaping Police Station rushed to the aquarium shop and confronted the 57-year-old

husky stuffed in transparent backpack pet carrier

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November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal abuse, Kaohsiung City, pets

Animal welfare authorities will fine the owner of a husky that was stuffed into a backpack after police tracked the man down based on pictures taken by witnesses. Pictures surfaced on Taiwan’s social media website Dcard yesterday, showing a young husky bent over uncomfortably in a small, transparent backpack carried by a motorcyclist in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung City. The pictures quickly went viral as outraged animal lovers shared the images, calling for the pet’s owner to be found and punished.

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October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal protection, animal rescue, Miaoli County

A Miaoli County animal shelter will put a silver fox up for adoption if the owner doesn’t claim it within seven days, after the rare exotic pet was found wandering in a suburb of Miaoli City in recent days. Members of the public reported an unusual-looking stray dog with a Buddhist lucky charm hanging from its neck in the Fuxing Mountain area on the outskirts of Miaoli City a few days ago. The “dog” was chased by other stray dogs

Animals Odd News

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment formosan macaque, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, monkeys

Kaohsiung City police launched an investigation after pictures began circulating on social media this morning of a woman holding a gun and making shooting motions. The investigation found that the gun was a legal BB gun, and the woman was shooting at monkeys. The picture of a middle-aged woman wearing an apron while aiming a pistol appeared on the Facebook group “Road Observation Academy,” causing a discussion among readers. Some speculated that the woman may be a gangster, or perhaps

veterinarians examine Formosan black bear rescued from snare

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October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments animal protection, animal rescue, Formosan black bear, Miaoli County, wildlife rescue

Animal rescue workers took a juvenile Formosan black bear to a rehabilitation center for medical treatment after it was rescued from a boar trap in a mountain district of Miaoli County yesterday, October 16. A fruit farmer named Zhang was inspecting his orchard when he heard an animal growling in a nearby bamboo grove. On inspection, Zhang found a small black bear with one limb caught in a snare. Zhang contacted the Taichung branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation

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September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Asian giant hornet, hornet attack, murder hornet, New Taipei City, Ruifang District

Specialist hornet catchers removed a nest of Asian Giant Hornets, after five hikers were stung in New Taipei City’s Ruifang District today. Keelung City Fire Department received a report at 10:46 am that three men and one woman were stung by hornets near the Tianwaitian Garden Cemetery. A 70-year-old man, a 64-year-old man, and a 60-year-old woman were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. A 69-year-old man sought medical treatment on his own. The female hiker, named Liu was the

line of ambulances waiting for sting victims

Animals Health and Safety

September 20, 2023September 21, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Asian giant hornet, hornet attack, New Taipei City, Ruifang District

Eleven people in a group of 20 hikers were stung by hornets in New Taipei City’s Ruifang District today, and four people were seriously injured. Two men lost vital signs and were declared dead after arrival at the hospital. The New Taipei City Fire Department received reports of the hornet attack at 11:38 am. Twenty ambulances and 51 personnel were dispatched to the trailhead. A command post was set up at the trailhead, and a rescue team was sent to

Animals Marine and Fisheries

September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marine conservation, marine ecology, marine environment, Pingtung County, turtles

Hengchun, Taiwan – A leatherback turtle found stranded on the coast of Pingtung County in southern Taiwan in July died of starvation due to fishing line stuck in its digestive tract, an autopsy revealed. Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council released autopsy results indicating that the cause of death was necrotizing enteritis, as the turtle’s stomach was empty, and its intestinal tract contained a total of 425 centimeters of fishing line. This obstruction led to folding and twisting in the lower digestive

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Driver who hit and injured turtle ordered to pay damages, but pet owner also at fault

Three men sentenced over Taiwan’s largest cat-smuggling case

Teacher apologizes for using cat in physics experiment

Is that a turtle in your pocket? No Sir, It’s fourteen turtles!

Pet owner fined for stuffing large dog into small backpack

Stray silver fox to be put up for adoption if owner doesn’t come forward

Kaohsiung City police solve mystery gun woman case: just taking care of business

Young Formosan black bear rescued from boar trap

Hornets nest removed after 4 hikers stung in New Taipei City mountain district

Hornet attack on hiking group leaves 2 dead, 9 injured

Leatherback sea turtle dies after ingesting fishing line