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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The Freeway Bureau yesterday temporarily closed the Formosa Freeway’s (Freeway No. 3) outer lane and shoulder in Yunlin County after detecting a massive migration of purple crow butterflies. The number of purple crow butterflies flying across the freeway section in the county’s Linnei Township (林內) reached 250 per minute at about 9am, Taiwan Purple Crow Butterfly Ecological Preservation Association deputy chairman Chen Jui-hsiang (陳瑞祥) said, adding that the bureau closed the outer...

PROTECTING WILDLIFE: While Yunlin moved to protect purple crow butterfly crossings, Taipei warned against hurting or killing Formosan magpies and destroying their nestsBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

Taipei, March 15 (CNA) The outer lane and shoulder on a northbound freeway in southern Taiwan were closed Tuesday for several hours to protect large swarms of purple crow butterflies heading north as part of their seasonal migration, according to a butterfly preservation association.

Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) A rockslide, likely triggered by heavy rains from what was Tropical Storm Lupit, halted high speed rail services between Miaoli and Taichung on Saturday.