12-18-2003, 09:52 PM
[#ff0000]Taiwan Lawmakers Ban Selling of Dog Meat[/#ff0000] [url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/SIG=br2v03/*http://www.ap.org"]![[Image: ap120.gif]](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/ap120.gif)
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - [font "arial"]Taiwan's lawmakers have banned the selling of dog meat and have introduced heavy fines for killing pets for food or fur. [/font]
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The new measure strengthened an existing ban on the slaughtering of pets for use of their meat and skin ([url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22skin%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw"][#0000ff]news[/#0000ff][/url] - [url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb?d=tvi&cf=0&id=1808488043"][#0000ff]web sites[/#0000ff][/url]).
Animal rights activists had protested that the original ban had not stopped the killing of the animals, and that a ban on trading was necessary to give the law more teeth.
When they passed the law on Tuesday, legislators also introduced tougher fines for offenders.
The new animal protection law included fines ranging from $1,500 to $7,300.
The fines also were applicable to those illegally killing pets. In the original version of the law, the fines were limited to a range from $58 to $300. [/font]
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[/url] TAIPEI, Taiwan - [font "arial"]Taiwan's lawmakers have banned the selling of dog meat and have introduced heavy fines for killing pets for food or fur. [/font]
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The new measure strengthened an existing ban on the slaughtering of pets for use of their meat and skin ([url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22skin%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw"][#0000ff]news[/#0000ff][/url] - [url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb?d=tvi&cf=0&id=1808488043"][#0000ff]web sites[/#0000ff][/url]).
Animal rights activists had protested that the original ban had not stopped the killing of the animals, and that a ban on trading was necessary to give the law more teeth.
When they passed the law on Tuesday, legislators also introduced tougher fines for offenders.
The new animal protection law included fines ranging from $1,500 to $7,300.
The fines also were applicable to those illegally killing pets. In the original version of the law, the fines were limited to a range from $58 to $300. [/font]
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