Orangutan caught bullying barking deer at Hsinchu Zoo

orangutan swinging muntjac around by hind legs

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Hsinchu City, Hsinchu Zoo

Visitors to Hsinchu Zoo were shocked to see an orangutan swing a small deer around by the hind leg, and throw another deer from a height, yesterday, January 29. Video and photographs of the incident show the orangutan swinging the Reeve’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) in a wide arc, sometimes dragging it on the ground and hitting it against a tree trunk. Zoo administrators said that the two species had been living together for around one year without problems, and the

Aviation

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aviation-accident, China Airlines

A China Airlines cargo plane was damaged after colliding with baggage cart at Chicago O’Hare International Airport while taxiing in snowy conditions yesterday, January 28.

composite image showing laying hens and people queuing for eggs

Business and Economy

January 28, 2022January 31, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment African Swine Flu, avian influenza, COVID-19, mass formation psychosis

As Taiwan goes into the Lunar New Year holidays, people are facing empty egg shelves in some supermarkets, long queues at stores with supplies, and rising prices that have been capped as an emergency measure by the Council of Agriculture. Just as egg prices rise while supply falls, hundreds of thousands of chickens are being culled due to “bird flu.” But this seems to be the elephant in the room. Taiwan’s peak government agricultural authority, the Council of Agriculture, doesn’t

Central Police University and cannabis composite image

Drugs

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment cannabis, drug smuggling, marijuana, Taoyuan City

A student of Taiwan’s Central Police University who was expelled and charged for importing marijuana by mail was handed a 5-year prison term by the Taoyuan District Court, today, January 27. According to an investigation by the Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office, the 20-year-old man, named Hsu, in collusion with a person identified only with the nickname “Duck,” conspired to import 200 grams of marijuana with the delivery address being Hsu’s home in Taoyuan District. On August 5, Taipei Customs officers

Animals Marine and Fisheries

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment dolphin, endangered species, marine conservation, marine ecology, Taiwanese white dolphin

Marine conservationists sounded a warning that the Taiwanese white dolphin is seriously threatened with extinction during a press conference held by environmental protection groups at the Legislative Yuan following the discovery of a dead dolphin on Taiwan’s west coast last week. Experts in the field of marine biology pointed out that there were only about 60 individuals left of the only subspecies of dolphin endemic to Taiwan (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis). After being first described in 2002, the Taiwanese white dolphin was

street camera footage showing man with gun immediately following shooting

Violent Crimes

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, Taichung City

Police arrested a suspect this afternoon after a man was shot dead in broad daylight in an outdoor café area of a convenience store in Taichung City at around noon today, January 26. According to reports, a 49-year-old man, named Lin, and a 51-year-old man, named Zhao, met at a Family Mart convenience store on Jingwu East Road in East District at around noon. The men drank coffee and talked for around half an hour. Witnesses said that no quarreling

Traffic Accidents

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Neihu District, Taipei City

A driver accidentally drove on an elevated expressway in the wrong direction, causing an accident that sent a motorcyclist plunging more than 20 meters to the ground in Taipei City late last night, January 25. According to reports, a 41-year-old woman, named Wu, was following instructions from a GPS navigation system when she crossed double-yellow lines on Huandong Boulevard in Neihu District, and drove onto an elevated section of road into oncoming traffic lanes. Dashcam footage from Wu’s car showed

composite image of tanker and accident site

Traffic Accidents

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment chemical hazard, freeway accident, national highway, Tainan City

Traffic backed up as far as 20 kilometers, and National Highway 1 in Tainan City was blocked for around seven hours, after a chemical tanker carrying a highly volatile and toxic liquid was left stuck across the central traffic divider following a collision this morning, January 24. According to the National Highway Police Bureau, at around 6:30 am, a gravel truck merging into southbound traffic from an on ramp at the Tainan Interchange collided with a Formosa Plastics chemical tanker

Traffic Accidents

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment drunk driving, drunk-driver, Hsinchu County, Taichung City

A taxi driver who died in a crash in Taichung City last night is suspected to have been drunk driving after post-mortem blood tests showed an alcohol level over the legal limit. Taichung City Fire Bureau received reports of a car accident on Dongda Road in Daya District at 11:43 pm. TCFB dispatched one fire truck, two ambulances and 9 personnel to the scene of the accident. Firefighters found the 30-year-old driver, named Wang, without vital signs and trapped in

Drugs

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments cannabis cultivation, Changhua City, marijuana, New Taipei City

Police from Taoyuan City launched raids in two separate municipalities, uncovering marijuana growing operations in New Taipei City and Changhua City, Friday, January 21, and Saturday, January 22. Police from Zhongli Branch of Taoyuan City Police Bureau coordinated with police from Shulin Branch of New Taipei City and Keelung Port Police Corps to conduct a pre-dawn raid on a house in Shulin District, New Taipei City yesterday, January 21. The raid uncovered 686 live cannabis plants, and 15 kilograms of

composite image showing SWAT team officers, drugs and guns

Crime and Criminals

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drug trafficking, firearms, guns, heroin, Pingtung County, Taiwan SWAT, Yunlin County

A suspect fired at police before running out of ammunition and surrendering during a SWAT raid in southern Taiwan two days ago, Yunlin County police said at a press briefing today, January 21. Yunlin County Mayor Chang Li-shan commended police for cracking a major drugs and firearms case, and maintaining law and order in the lead up to the Lunar New Year holidays. The raid was a result of a months-long investigation after the Criminal Police Brigade of Yunlin County

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