Animal protection groups seek to block Tainan zoo from importing giraffesBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterRepresentatives from a coalition of animal protection groups yesterday urged the government to reject a Tainan zoo’s plans to import giraffes and other wild animals from Eswatini. Two giraffes, Pi Pi, left, and Ni Ni, are pictured in an enclosure at Wanpi World Safari Zoo in Tainan’s Syuejia District in an undated photograph. Pi Pi died suddenly, leaving Ni Ni as the only giraffe at the zoo. Chiang said that the zoo treats wild animals like “dolls” that can be replaced, adding that instead of importing more animals, it should focus on improving the welfare of the animals it already has. Giraffes have always been a mainstay at the Wanpi World Safari Zoo, Taiwan Animal Equality Association (TAEA) researcher Sera Lim (林婷憶) said.

Source: Taipei Times June 21, 2021 15:56 UTC