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Activists urge humane removal of invasive species
03/03/2021 07:57 PM
CNA photo March 3, 2021
Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Animal rights activists urged the government Wednesday to devise rules to make sure that invasive species are removed in a proper and humane way, following several reports of cases involving abuses of those animals.
The lives of invasive species also matter, and there should be both standard operating procedures for their removal and stricter control of their imports to begin with, said the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST).
Uncoordinated efforts by local governments, which often lean on convenient solutions such as paying rewards to anyone who captures an invasive species, are neither effective nor responsible, said EAST deputy head Chen Yu-min (陳玉敏).