Cat On A Post

Taiwan - Recently, a man from Taiwan has been fined for sending his unwanted cat in an express postal service to "...a local animal shelter in Banciao District." (BBC) or Banqiao District New Taipei Taiwan,according to the report.



He said he could no longer take care the cat as well as he could no longer resolved the cat's physical health problem; "... he had tried to give the cat away because he no longer had time to look after it.He added that the cat's mobility problems,the result of an earlier leg injury had not improved after numerous therapies,including acupuncture and moxibustion,a traditional herbal remedy." (BBC)

"A man has been fined in Taiwan for sending a cat that he no longer wanted via an express postal service.... a 33-year-old man surnamed Yang was fined NT$60,000 ($1,952;E1,8220 this week,for violating the Taiwan Animal Protection Act,after he posted a Scottish fold cat in a sealed cardboard box to a local animal shelter in Banciao District.He was also fined an additional NT$30,000 for violating the Statute for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases,because staff at the centre found that the cat had not been vaccinated for rabies." (BBC)