Students experience animal protection work

A teacher at Nanya Institute of Technology in Taoyuan’s Zhongli District, Zhou Pei-fang hoped that students attending the school could get some hands-on practical experience serving at non-profit organizations. She was also strongly influenced by the tragic death of the young veterinarian director at Taoyuan City Animal Protection Education Park, Chien Chih-cheng (簡稚澄), who is believed to have killed herself last year to protest over the miserable state of Taiwan’s animal shelters. This year, with the hope of making some difference to the life of stray animals, Zhou Pei-fang began taking students on visits to the animal shelter. 

Pei-fang said that almost every student coming for the first time asks the same question: “Do the dogs bite?” But she has been to the hostel many times and never yet encountered any dog-biting incident. What’s more, shelter director Mr. Liu teaches visitors how to understand dog behavior. On top of this, Pei-fang mentioned that some students say they never want to come again at the very moment they step in, but when the day is over say they’d love to come a second time. This observation has made Pei-fang realize that hands-on practical experience interacting with dogs really helps people better understand them. We shouldn’t assume dogs are aggressive and misunderstand them because of a few sensationalist media reports.

Students experience animal protection work 

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(以下是中文對照)

同學們的動保體驗

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桃園市中壢區的南亞技術學院周佩芳老師，希望上課的學生能實際到非營利組織服務，並且受到去年桃園市動物保護教育園區園長簡稚澄，以「死諫」抗議動保結構缺失的影響，希望能幫流浪動物做一些事，於是今年開始帶著學生到狗場來幫忙。
周老師表示，沒有到過狗場的同學，一定會問的問題就是狗會不會咬人，但依她來過狗場多次的經驗，從來沒有遇到狗攻擊或咬人，而且劉理事長會教大家了解的狗的習性。另外，周老師說有同學剛進來就跟老師說下次不要再來了，但事情做完後卻又跟老師說要再來第二次，所以周老師覺得，透過真實的跟狗互動，還是會對狗有比較多的了解，不要因為新聞片面的，對狗狗的攻擊性等等的，有一些誤解。