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Pet’s medicine
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei, center, and representatives of veterinarians’ associations attend a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to launch an emergency medicine platform for animals. Vets can apply for emergency use of certain medicines in addition to the 611 types of emergency medicine approved by the government for pets with critical health conditions.
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The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed an amendment to the Animal Protection Act (動物保護法) that expands the definition of “abuse” to include “acts of omission,” with those convicted facing up to two years in prison and a fine of up to NT$2 million (US$71,672).
Under the current law, “abuse” is defined as actively harming or treating animals in such a way as to render them unable to physically function as a result of violence, administering the wrong drugs or other improper behavior when rearing, looking after or dealing with them.
However, starving animals to death or leaving them to fend for
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