Dogs of the water!

CJ dino.utopia recently reported on kindhearted 65-year-old mother Wang Shen-jin (王沈金), who tirelessly carries fresh water and dog food to Yanshui River in the outskirts of Tainan’s Annan District each day. 

After signaling her arrival by pressing her motorcycle horn, hordes of stray dogs suddenly emerge from the shallow river nearby. Afraid of being caught by dogcatchers employed by local authorities, the dogs spend most of their time hiding in the shallow river, never quite sure where their next meal will come from.

Unable to bear the pain of seeing the dogs go hungry, each day Wang Shen-jin delivers dog food and clean water to them, as well as taking any injured or sick dogs for medical treatment. Wang Shen-jin often worries about who will feed the dogs should something untoward happen to her. Member of Tainan Animal Rescue Association (台南市流浪動物研究協會), Xu Man-hui (徐滿惠) said that although stray dogs in the area originally numbered around 300, a government culling policy has reduced their numbers to around 100. Most of the remaining dogs have been neutered, are afraid of humans, and show no sign of any aggressive behavior. Shamefully, though, some dog owners still come to abandon their four-legged friends in the area. 

Dogs of the water!

URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/85147 

(以下是中文對照)
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公民記者dino.utopia報導，在台南市安南區有一位愛心媽媽王沈金來，65歲的年紀，她每天不辭辛勞帶著一大桶淡水與飼料，到郊區鹽水溪岸。只要她按下機車喇叭作「信號」聲，就會有成群結隊的流浪狗從淺溪中竄出，原來這些狗兒都害怕被清潔隊員捕抓，於是過著藏匿在淺溪中、有一餐沒一餐的生活。

王沈金來不忍流浪狗挨餓，每天送飼料與淡水過來，並帶受傷生病的狗去醫治。她擔心要是有一天自己不在了，這些狗沒人餵養會非常可憐。台南市流浪動物研究協會人員徐滿惠說，這裡的狗兒原本有三百多隻，大多數都已結紮、且都很怕人也沒有攻擊性，但因捕殺只剩下一百多隻，甚至有飼主還會特地載狗來這裡丟棄，行徑令人感嘆。