Kaohsiung, Jan. 30 (CNA) Researchers have pinned the blame for an outbreak of baldness among Formosan macaques in Kaohsiung's Shoushan National Nature Park on the twin stresses of high population density and less generous tourists.
The Forestry Bureau on Wednesday outlined a plan to make Taiwan’s lumber industry at least 5 percent self-sustainable by 2027 by promoting creative consumer products.
The bureau made the announcement at an exhibition showcasing the results of the Taitung Forest District Office’s collaboration with the Sunrise Driftwood Workshop.
Aiming to “recreate the beauty” of native Taiwanese wood, the workshop based in Taitung County’s Taimali Township (太麻里) created furniture using legally and sustainably sourced local lumber.
Three furniture sets for an entrance hall, study and dining room are to be displayed at the Taitung Story Museum until Dec. 30.
The sets were conceptualized by Huang
The owner of a pit bull mix in Pingtung County could face criminal charges after the dog bit and killed a boy.
The incident took place on Thursday in Chunrih Township (春日) when the boy’s mother briefly left home to buy groceries and the boy walked over to a neighbor’s home, investigators said, adding that the the dog which appears to be a pit bull-Labrador mix and was tied to the neighbor’s fence attacked the boy, biting him on the back.
The neighbor rushed the boy to the hospital, but he died of his injuries that evening, they said.
The dog
By Tsai Tsung-hsien and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe owner of a pit bull mix in Pingtung County could face criminal charges after the dog bit and killed a boy.