Reeve’s muntjacs hunted by domestic dog in Kaohsiung
Reeve’s muntjacs hunted by domestic dog in Kaohsiung
2025-04-25
With a gentle and timid nature, the Reeve’s muntjac is the smallest species of deer living in Taiwan. This small mammal is often hunted by stray dogs in mountainous area. One domestic dog in Kaohsiung’s Liugui District even caught over 30 Reeve’s muntjacs within one year. Although the muntjac was removed from the protected species list in 2019, it is still illegal to hunt or capture them under the Act of Wildlife Conservation.
The wildlife on Kaohsiung’s Shoushan Mountain is plentiful and diverse. Among them, the timid Reeve’s muntjac is often hunted by other animals, as it is the smallest species of deer living in Taiwan. One dog even caught over 30 of them in one year.
Dog owner
It was the first time I saw my dog catch something so big. I thought it would only hunt rats and rabbits. Cats and rats bite back, but muntjacs don’t, so it likes chasing them.
This two-year-old domestic farm dog is a skilled hunter, catching 31 muntjacs over the course of the past year. It often accompanies its owner up the mountain and along the Laonong River, where muntjacs often wander in the surrounding woods. When the agile dog successfully captures a muntjac, the owner carries its carcass on his shoulders and takes it home.
Dog owner
I sold it before I even got home. Businesspeople especially encouraged me to call them when I catch one. But I don’t catch them very often, so I just let my dog have it and don’t sell it.
Huang Chun-chung
Kaohsiung Agriculture Bureau official
Many members of the public mistakenly think that ordinary wild animals are not protected, so they can be captured or hunted. But according to the Act of Wildlife Conservation, animals cannot just be hunted at will.
According to the Agriculture Bureau, it is illegal to capture wild animals and take them home, regardless of whether they a protected species.
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家犬神技! "擅抓山羌"恐違法高雄農業局:最高罰30萬
2025-04-25
山羌是台灣鹿科動物中，體型最嬌小的一種，生性溫和，在山區經常遭到流浪狗追逐捕獵，高雄六龜的新威地區，有一隻跟著主人務農的家犬，光是一年就能捕抓超過30隻山羌。不過，山羌雖然從2019年起，就從保育類除名，降為一般野生動物。但依野生動道物保育法規定，任意捕捉或宰殺，還是違法，會被開罰。
高雄柴山生態豐富、野生動物種繁多，其中山羌因為身型嬌小、生性又膽怯，時常遭到其他動物追逐捕獵，高雄新威地區還有狗狗，光是一年就抓到超過30隻山羌。
[[狗主人]]
“我第一次看到狗居然抓這麼大的東西，我以為只會抓老鼠兔子，貓會反咬、老鼠會反咬，唯一山羌不會反咬，所以牠特別喜歡抓山羌。”
捕獵高手是這隻2歲的家犬，去年到今年已經抓到31隻山羌，主人經常帶著牠上山拜拜，而荖濃溪畔的山林間經常都有山羌出沒，狗狗敏捷的身手經常捕獲山羌加菜，主人就這樣直接將戰利品扛上肩帶回家。
[[狗主人]]
“還沒到家裡就被買走了，尤其做生意的，都叫我說抓到打電話給他，但是我久久才抓到一隻，就給狗狗吃，不賣了。”
[[高雄農業局植物防疫及生態保育科長 黃群中]]
“許多民眾誤以為一般類野生動物就不受保護，可以任意捕捉或狩獵，但依據據野生動物保育法，還是不能隨便捕捉。”
農業局提醒，就算上山看到野生動物，儘管並非保育類，也不能任意捉捕或帶回家飼養，以免觸法。
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