3+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) The dog, Wilson, helped locate survivors trapped in rubble following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Hualien on April 3, 2024. He reportedly died last year after falling from a building during a training exercise. However, a Hualien firefighter said that Wilson might…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (264+ words) The Taipei Fire Department today said it is seeking new homes for two search-and-rescue labradors who are retiring after years of service in domestic and international disaster relief. The department invited people with pet experience to apply until Aug. 31, hoping…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (288+ words) The Ministry of Agriculture is to extend a ban on pets in most designated national forest recreation areas to prevent the spread of rabies, officials said yesterday. In 2013, the government banned pets in national forest areas after finding evidence of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (519+ words) At the Great St Bernard Pass high in the Swiss Alps, the eponymous dogs still walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years to find travelers buried beneath the snow. Down in the valley, a living…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (635+ words) Six of 10 tracked young pangolins found dead in lowland hills across Kaohsiung and Tainan were likely killed by free-roaming dogs, wildlife advocates said yesterday, urging the central government to establish a cross-regional management mechanism. A research team from the National…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (569+ words) The rates of puppies entering shelters across Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan and Keelung have plunged by at least 88 percent after high-intensity sterilization was applied, Faith for Animals data showed. The rate in Hsinchu county and city has also decreased…...