Taiwan cruelty to cats

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>Envelope-to: anpeople

>Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:31:07 +0800 (CST)

>vi <vi70625

>Please help us!

>anpeople

>

>Hello,

>My name is Yahui Tsai. Recently, there has been

>news in Taiwan about animal abuse, which is a

>problem well known to the Taiwanese people.

>However, the current Taiwanese laws do not list

>any types of animal abuse as criminal behaviors.

>Therefore, those people who commit the abuse are

>not afraid of arrest so that many cases like

>this keep happening.

>

>I would like to ask your organization for help.

>Please bring this issue to the attention of the

>Taiwanese government to strengthen animal

>protection laws.

>

>Here are several links about this incident. As

>you can see, it is big news in Taiwan.

>

><http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2006/new/aug/1/today-life8.htm>http://www.liber\

tytimes.com.tw/2006/new/aug/1/today-life8.htm

>

><http://www.2cts.tv/Default.aspx?ch=News & cp=NewsPage & kind=2 & source=9507261900 & N\

ewsSNO=20060726N006 & bw=1>http://www.2cts.tv/Default.aspx?ch=News & cp=NewsPage & kin\

d=2 & source=9507261900 & NewsSNO=20060726N006 & bw=1

>

><http://www.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=suncomedy20060801121446>http://ww\

w.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=suncomedy20060801121446#

>

><http://www.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=vivi20060802212508>http://www.tvb\

s.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=vivi20060802212508

>

><http://www.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=suncomedy20060801121529>http://ww\

w.tvbs.com.tw/news/news_list.asp?no=suncomedy20060801121529

>

><http://tw.news./article/url/d/a/060802/2/1kws.html>http://tw.news.yah\

oo.com/article/url/d/a/060802/2/1kws.html

>

><http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT2/3453759.shtml>http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/N\

AT2/3453759.shtml

>

>I can briefly translate this incident into English for you.

>

> A man who called himself " Catkiller "

>posted an article on a website in China that

>included many brutal pictures of him torturing

>his kitten. He is currently working in a

>computer company in Taipei, Taiwan. One thing

>that needs to be noted is that he used to be a

>law school student, so he knows he will not be

>punished due to the lack of animal rights in

>Taiwan. He enjoys his cruel acts and announced

>he will adopt more kittens for more " fun. "

>People who saw his article got really mad and

>were looking for different ways to find this

>guy. Finally, the police found where he lived,

>and his case got published.

>

> In his pictures, you can see the

>poor kitten was tied tightly with rubber bands,

>his noise was filled with liquid detergent, and

>his ears were clipped by heavy duty clipper.

>This poor kitten was so scared and battered you

>can see that his rectum prolapsed.

>

> When the police found his house,

>he was not there, but they could hear several

>cats screaming inside. His neighbors also told

>the police that they often hear cats crying, but

>they were not able to identify where the sounds

>were coming from. The police eventually found

>this man but could not prosecute him; instead,

>he was fined only $60 American dollars ($2000

>TWD). Unfortunately, the man claimed he did not

>know where the kitten was when the police asked

>him. It is believed the kitten has been tortured

>to death and we do not know how many other cats

>have been tortured by him.

>

> It is very sad that there are so

>many animals suffering from abuse in Taiwan.

>Since Taiwanese law enforcement officials cannot

>do anything serious to punish people who abuse

>animals, Taiwanese people are anxious and eager

>to take further steps toward this issue. As you

>can see from the news links, many people are

>protesting in the area where he lives.

>

> Therefore, I sincerely ask your

>organization for help. Please inform the

>Taiwanese government that it is time to develop

>strict animal protection laws. This is the best

>time to act due to national outrage regarding

>this incident. Hopefully our efforts together

>will make the government seriously consider

>animal rights and change the laws in order to

>prevent this kind of brutal behavior toward

>animals.

>

>Thank you.

>

>Sincerely,

>

>Yahui Tsai

>A sociology student at University of Wisconsin-Madison

>

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