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About Animals Taiwan |
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AnimalsTaiwan is a group of people, both expatriate and local,
concerned about the welfare of animals in Taiwan, in particular
that of the stray population. We work to raise awareness of the
stray problem and education people about the responsibilities of
pet ownership.
Please read this informative profile written as a special feature
for the China Post newspaper in Taipei.
| Every Dog Has its Day - by Trista
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We rescue sick, injured, and young strays, rehabilitate them, vaccinate
them, desex them, and try to find them permanent, caring homes.
To date we have helped over one hundred animals, many of which were
given little chance of survival upon initial veternary assessment.
AnimalsTaiwan believes in giving every animal the chance of a life
without suffering, however small that chance may be.
Realising that we can only help a limited number of animals through
individual rehabilitation, Animals Taiwan's goal for the future
is to set up CNR (Catch-Neuter-Return) projects around the island.
CNR involves catching the strays, treating them, vaccinating them,
desexing them, and returning them to the location they were found.
This is the only method of stray-population control that works;
it is also the most humane. We cannot do any of this without support
from people who care about the plight of the other animals that
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In simple terms what we really need is donations.
Whether big or small, they are all gratefully received and put to
good use straight away, paying for vaccinations, life-saving operations,
neutering operations, food, and the medical supplies for those in
our care. We also need volunteers to give their time to help bake
and sell our delicious dog biscuits, foster a needy dog or cat,
translate, help with administration, organise events, develop media
links, dog-walk or fence-build. It all makes a difference. To find
out more about our volunteering opportunities please contact us
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Our overall aim of increasing donations and income
to help meet our organisational goals has succeeded through a number
of recent initiatives and actions:
- Increasing our visibility by putting on public
events. This has included staging weekly adoption events at major
Taipei shopping malls and public fairs such as the Taipei American
School Spring Fair.
- Increasing our stock of merchandising to include
pet products, clothing, caps, mugs and other small items.
- Wide distribution of flyers and stickers.
- Current update of our website www.animalstaiwan.org
- Re-organisation of our volunteers (currently around
200 ex-pats and locals and growing every day) into dedicated teams
to cover Merchandising, Events, Publicity, Animal Education and
Awareness, Adoption and Fostering and Fund Raising
- Press coverage of our events in the local and
English speaking newspapers
- Expansion from Taipei to start-up AT organisations
in other major cities such as Taichung and Hualien
- Increased public awareness through local television,
radio and other media.
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Special thanks to...
and
...for their generous support.
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If you wish to help stop the suffering and cruelty
to Taiwan's animals, please contact us. A short amount of your time
can make a huge difference to these creatures in desperate need
of tender loving care. |
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