The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan is home to a large ‘Taiwan-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group’, and its vice-chairman, Legislator Hong Meng-kai, has stated unequivocally that ‘refraining from eating cats and dogs is a universal value’. It is well known that Taiwan and Japan have a good relationship. 2026 is the year when Japan will revise its Animal Protection and Management Law every five years. The World Dog Alliance (WDA) is seizing this crucial opportunity to exert its

A 2018 investigation by the World Dog Alliance (WDA) found over 100 restaurants in Japan serving dog meat dishes. Japan is renowned for its animal welfare, and its pet industry is among the largest in Asia. However, the World Dog Alliance (WDA), in response to recent illegal hunting incidents in Ibaraki Prefecture, is gradually uncovering a disturbing truth behind this civilized nation: not only do dog meat restaurants exist in Japan, but suspicions of illegal hunting of stra

For the first time in Taiwan, an illegal syndicate selling dog and cat meat and game meat at the same time was discovered. Left is a dog...

Dog meat trade has appeared again in Taiwan. Both the buyers and sellers are Vietnamese. What is surprising is that the Vietnamese woman...

A raid by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) of Hong...