Huang Tai-shan stages hunger strike over Council of Agriculture’s indiscriminate capture of stray animals

Disease-prevention measures introduced by the government following the rabies panic that swept over Taiwan in response to the ferret-badger biting incident - including increasing the capture and culling of stray animals - has come under heavy criticism by members of the public.

In record temperatures of 39.3 degrees, the hottest day for a hundred years, animal-rights activist Huang Shan-tai (黃泰山) entered the fourth day of a hunger strike. Huang Shan-tai said the current hunger strike was aimed at forcing the government to immediately halt the inhumane capture and culling of stray animals and instead adopt a system of neutering and vaccinating, which he believes would better aid the disease-prevention effort. After four days and 78 hours of the hunger strike, Huang Shan-tai began feeling unwell and was rushed to National Taiwan University Hospital for urgent care.

Huang Tai-shan stages hunger strike over Council of Agriculture’s indiscriminate capture of stray animals
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(以下是中文對照)
黃泰山絕食抗議農委會濫捕流浪動物的荒謬防疫

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自從台東感染狂犬病鼬獾咬人事件後，狂犬病在台灣造成恐慌，而政府防疫措施消極，其中對流浪動物採取加強捕捉、撲殺的方式，更飽受造成防疫漏洞的批評。動保人士黃泰山在台北百年來最熱的39.3度高溫下，進行絕食抗議行動已來到第四天。黃泰山說，這次絕食抗議的行動，強烈要求政府停止捕捉、撲殺流浪動物；再者，應動用第二預備金，幫流浪犬貓結紮並施打疫苗；且結紮並施打疫苗之流浪犬貓不得捕捉，以免破壞防疫。經過四天長達78小時的絕食，黃泰山於發起抗議農委會荒謬防疫的前一日，身體出現不適，下午三點多，緊急送台大醫院，後續情形亟待關心。