Cruelty to Taiwan Dog Facts
On occasion we are asked why we rescue dogs from Taiwan while there are dogs in the US that need help.
It's a very valid question and it is certainly true, there are dogs here (and everywhere) that need help.
We rescue locally as well as abroad. All dogs and all breeds, from all places. Animal cruelty, abandonment and over population due to human irresponsibility are unfortunately terrifying realities worldwide.
The cruelty Taiwan Dogs face is brutal and frighteningly commonplace. Abandonment is rampant, as is over population. Imagine if everytime you walked out into the streets of your neighborhood you saw dozens of dogs without homes, emaciated and with various injuries. Imagine seeing that and doing nothing.
In Taiwan the cruelty is barbaric and it happens daily in front of hundreds of people. Dogs have no where to go and have been left by the people they trusted. They must scavenge for food and dodge cars, traps, hunters...every day, every moment is a balance between life and death. There are many many dogs in need. Little is done to protect dogs from or prevent the occurences of cruelty they face at the hands of humans nor is punishment handed out to the many abusers. There are very few rescue organizations to handle the enormity of the stray dog situation and the "shelters" are anything but...
We have gathered just some of the issues on the links below.
CAUTION: There are some graphic images on the links we have shared here-not suitable for all viewers and certainly not a suitable way for dogs to live.
Facts:
Bear (called Gin) traps are everywhere in Taiwan and citizens use them to capture stray dogs, causing the painful deaths and maimings of thousands of innocent dogs. www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-6971
Rubber bands are wrapped on dog’s mouths and necks. The result: horrid swelling of the head, slow painful asphyxiation, deep cuts into the neck become infected. This is commonplace in Taiwan. www.kcsaa.org.tw/Joomla_159/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1489:jan-9th2009-qterrible-rubber-bandq&catid=200:20091&Itemid=286
Dogs are brutally slaughtered for meat, skinned alive, burned with oil and acid, and even blow-torched. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/294627.stm
Starving dogs on the streets and in "shelters", where the conditions provide nothing but more horror in many cases. The link is written in Mandarin (try your translator feature), but the images of the "shelters" shown are horrifying and need no description. www.east.org.tw/that_content.php?id=285
