Taipei County gov't to fine stray-dog feeders

Chinese government has no heart. Sadly, we in the USA are way ahead of the Chinese government who slaughters dogs and cats for the fun of it. Educate yourselves and grow a heart, people!!

Hmmm ... why only dogs? Should we switch to feeding the cats?

I wonder if Taipei govt. will use the millions it accumulates in fines to set up proper humane dog shelters. Or whether it will continue to just hope all those nasty, dirty dogs just go away. Somehow.

As for environmental pollution, ROFL ... I think my sides have just split. We have a little stream here in Danshui, which, I recall, is called (without any apparent irony) the Golden River, or something similar. It stinks like Satan’s nether regions and has a luminous green-grey glow. I'm pretty certain it receives unprocessed sewage from all the houses nearby and dumps it into the estuary ... which is a designated wildlife reserve. So, Taipei government, perhaps we can focus on moving the country sanitation policies into the general direction of the 21st century, before we start worrying about the occasional burger box left on the ground.

While I certainly don't agree with the Taiwanese government's decision, it seems you are the one that needs to get educated (or grow a brain).

Great! Get rid of this street dog problem. I am happy with any effort to get rid of street dogs and trash...win / win for everyone who has a brain regulated with logic.

It isn't even the Taiwanese government, merely the local government in Taipei. I would LOVE to see something done about the stray dog problem. I hate having dogs nipping at my heels while I am on the bike or on a run. At least on a bike, I can go faster than the dogs, rather harder on a long run. It is a public health and safety hazard. Of course, if people exercised more responsibility in pet ownership in the first place, it wouldn't be such a problem.

This is ridiculous. The government is going to fine good samaritans for littering instead of going after the real criminals- the dog owners who abandon their pets. It would be much simpler if they got to the root of the problem and came down hard on those abandon their pets. Aren't all dogs supposed to have ID chips implanted? Strictly enforce the laws for a few years instead of a few days and people will get the picture. In short, nail the real culprits.