Taiwan SPCA

看到這些照片真的讓我很開心！！小白是我們之前遭受虐待的狗狗。那時候我們花了很多時間拜訪鄰居／住戶， 後來就將牠救出來！但，有點怕沒有人想要領養牠，雖然牠很活潑,但沒有社會化的關係 （因為牠之前住的空間很小，而且從來沒有出去散步過）。可是，馬上就有一個很有愛心的人愛上了小白！現在小白的生活就像皇帝一樣幸福！！
Seeing pictures like these really make my day!  XiaoBai was one of our abuse investigation dogs.  We spent weeks trying to get him out of his terrible living situation, finally when we did, we weren't sure who would have the patience to adopt him. Because of his previous home environment he was extremely hyper and unsocialized. But, he was quickly adopted and now has a life fit for a king!

今天辦公室7隻狗狗 :)

陽光普照的一天! 天氣這麼好不如帶狗狗們出去曬曬太陽跑跑步吧! 養寵物應該是如此的美滿 :) 狗狗也會唱歌﹐可愛的影片提供給大家!

尋找中途/領養: 小黑 (公﹐1-2歲) 是之前調查案件中的狗狗。小黑長期被主人綁著﹐倒置項圈吃入脖子。我們一個月前帶了小黑到獸醫治療﹐但是現在小黑的主人因搬家無法在照顧小黑了。原本主人請朋友暫時照顧﹐但是我們了解後得知這位朋友要把小黑再次綁著﹐養在大樓外面。我們評估狀況覺得主人就算勉強帶小黑到新家﹐他們也無法給小黑最好的照顧﹐因此我們經過主人的同意下帶走了小黑。小黑現在緊急須要中途或可以好好愛他的領養家庭。小黑原本從來沒有散過步﹐從來沒有洗過澡﹐從來沒有走過樓梯。我們帶他到外面時他就像個小孩﹐很害怕但是很好奇。經過3天後﹐小黑已經慢慢熟悉在家以外的環境﹐活蹦亂跳的﹐很有活力。如果你可以帶小黑一起體驗美好的世界﹐如果你可以好好愛他﹐請聯絡我們! 請大家給小黑一個機會! adoptions@spca.org.tw, 02-2921-7530 謝謝!

Foster/Adopter Needed!: We first met Xiao Hei (male, 1-2yrs.) during one of our investigations cases; Xiao Hei's owner had him tied up inside the house for almost 2 years. Xiao Hei had never been on a walk and has never had a bath. They did not have the proper knowledge nor environment to properly care for a dog. At the time Xiao Hei's collar was cutting into his throat as it had never been taken off since he was brought in as a puppy. About a month ago, we took Xiao Hei in to the vet for his first checkup and to get the collar removed. It's been a month now and his owner is moving and contacted us saying she can not care for him any more. Originally the owner was going to leave Xiao Hei temporarily with a friend, but after we heard that the friend was going to once again tie Xiao Hei up outside his building, we felt the best option is to ask whether the owner would like to relinquish the dog and have us take over. Now we need to find Xiao Hei a foster home or loving adopter. If you can show Xiao Hei the world he's never seen, please contact us adoptions@spca.org.tw 02-2921-7530 Thank you!

最後準備中! 票已經幾乎賣完﹐剩下幾個位子﹐感謝各位支持者及贊助商!

Preparations underway! Go go go! Tickets are now pretty much sold out, only few seats left. Thank you to all our supporters and sponsors!

關於最近的寵物新聞,為防止棄養,在新北市想買狗,貓,飼主需先上兩小時的生命教育課程!

新聞一出來,許多人疑問:
那不要在新北市買寵物就好啦!!只上兩小時,對防棄養有效果嗎??有助於減少衝動買寵物的人,那對於丟棄寵物的人呢??寵物店違規偷賣,誰抓得到??"動物保護警官"將由警察局,消防局,環保局調派專業人士,不過,所謂的專業是以何種領域評斷的專業人士?...等!!

民眾的疑問也是政府必須解決的問題!而不是制定了法令,卻沒有付諸實行!
法律的制定必須配合完整的配套措施,才可達到最大成效!

儘管諸多疑問,新北市將成為第一個設立此法律的縣市已值得稱讚!!這是台灣要成為友善對待動物的環境的第一步!!

加油加油!!!

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Saw a very interesting article talking about how "nudging" or offering reminders to people can actually help us become greener. Reminder stickers pasted above light switches remind you to turn off your lights. Footsteps painted on the ground towards a public garbage bin can remind you not to litter.

"The whole idea is that we don't force anyone to do anything ... it's about helping people make the right choices to reach their own objectives..."

This quote completely sums up my belief that some, not all of-course, some supposed animal abuse cases are just because people don't know any better, or they don't know any other way. Recently we helped a dog named Doo Doo who we saw near the SPCA office. Doo Doo is obviously an old dog but his fur had nearly all fallen out and he had a strong stench and seemed quite weak. We'd always see the owner walking him and the thought of "abuse" or "neglect" crossed our minds initially and is thus why we approached the owner to ask her about the condition of her dog. It turns out that the owner loves Doo Doo but she herself obviously lives very poorly and hasn't had much education in her life. She doesn't know what the proper way to care for a dog is and she is financially unable to take Doo Doo to the vet and thought that just by giving him rice and leftovers that Doo Doo's fur would grow back by itself.

What I'm trying to say is that in Taiwan, we really have to go BACK TO THE BASICS; even though the more affluent communities/people in major cities like Taipei and Taichung already have a good sense of animal welfare and basic standards of pet ownership,  many local pet owners in rural areas or of the older generation still lack the basic knowledge of what proper animal care is. We need to focus on education of the young in order to create a brighter future for animals,  but also we need to educate the mom and pop older generation as well in order to solve current issues of animal cruelty.

The problem is that once a pattern of behavior has formed, it's difficult to break, especially if the negative repercussions are not experienced immediately, says Professor Robert Cialdini, psychologist and author of "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion." "Our brains are designed to go into autopilot once we've established a routine that works for us. This is useful because it frees us up to think about things other than day-to-day tasks. But it's also unhelpful if the behavior has negative, albeit not immediately felt, consequences," he adds.

This is so true in that Doo Doo's owner was probably just used to feeding him rice, used to him having a strong stench, used to him sleeping on the hard floor, etc. which blinded her to any other possible alternatives for Doo Doo that may improve his physical welfare. Ofcourse her own environment and lack of financial ability has a lot to do with it as well, but it's more the reason why we need to help people like Doo Doo's owner and offer "nudges" in the community that remind and teach people the right way to care for your animal companion.

Gives me an idea....what about putting "nudges" on things we use and see every day that can remind us of humane treatment of animals? What about handing out free grocery bags to aunties and uncles at wet markets with a picture reminder of how much CO2 is emitted because of cattle farming (thus encouraging people to save farm animals, eat less meat, save the environment)? What about making wristbands, sportswear, socks, etc. that have logos reminding people that "dogs need exercise too"? What about just simple signs around the community or stickers people can post on the back of their scooters that have important messages such as "Dogs are pack animals, they need your company", "Dogs can get lost in traffic, microchip your dog"..etc.

I'm not very creative today, any other slogan or nudge ideas? ~ Annie

昨天去獸醫院接回了小黑。。記得他嗎? 他就是被主人長期鏈子綁著﹐繩子吃入脖子的可愛狗狗。。小黑住院期間主人多次打電話關心﹐也有去獸醫那看小黑。我們相信主人是真的不懂的如何照顧狗狗﹐而倒置小黑受傷。主人很忱懇的表示不會在把小黑鏈起來﹐會帶他散步。我們會追蹤確保主人說到做到﹐也會回去帶他們另外的小博美去剪指甲。

昨天知名主播 顧小姐 也跟著我們幫忙了一整天! Lydia 耐心的教了阿媽怎麼綁狗鏈﹐如何喂食。。很感動﹐愛心主播最美!
其實這個案件讓我們發現﹐有些人是真的不懂如何完善的照顧動物﹐雖然不應該是借口﹐但是我們應該給他們一個機會。

~請大家多關心週邊的人與動物們~

日前東森新聞報導某一寵物店販賣袋鼠的新聞.根據寵物店老闆的說法是,他們進口的是"沼林袋鼠"為袋鼠中體型最小的袋鼠,老闆說"只要一坪"的空間便可以飼養此袋鼠.他說現在有很多人在排隊購買此種袋鼠.目前已經向國外業者加購,但來不及滿足目前的需求量,所以他將把現在家中一公一母的袋鼠自行繁殖!經詢問後得知,老闆不只袋鼠,也有繁殖跟販賣狗跟貓還有貂,並且都是在"自家"中繁殖及販賣!!

詢問相關政府機構所得到的答案竟是"目前台灣法律對於此類異國動物尚未有完善的規範法規"!!==
第一,在台灣養袋鼠????袋鼠本來就不是台灣的本土動物,在進口袋鼠時,業者是否有謹慎考慮袋鼠對於台灣本土動植物的影響評估?或只是業者"私人利益"的不負責任舉動?!
第二,業者在"自己家中"販賣及繁殖動物是否有任何販賣動物的合法證照?針對野生動物的繁殖交配,業者是否具備專業知識及執照?在台灣,若違法販賣貓狗已觸法!!
 
台灣野生動物進出口相關法律急需改善~在更多不肖業者為了賺錢而引進更多異國野生動物的時候,我們該用什麼來規範業者及保護動物的權利呢?還是我們只能眼睜睜看著那些被強行帶離自己棲息地的動物卻無能為力呢? 野生動物有自己的棲息地,不是隨意的就可以買賣繁殖的!!牠們不是寵物,也不該當成寵物被人類自私地飼養在家中!!

向這種不道德且殘忍的動物進出口行為說NO!!! ~ Nancy