The Council of Agriculture (COA) in September is to propose amendments to the Animal Protection Act (動物保護法) to regulate the pet industry and ownership, COA Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said yesterday.
The need to change the law has become evident in light of a surge in pet ownership in the past few years, Chen told a pet care product expo at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) who has three dogs and two cats has on multiple occasions urged the council to write a better pet law, he said.
Instead of introducing a separate piece of legislation
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