Kaohsiung library hosts a lecture with dogs allowedBy Huang Hsu-lei and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerPet dogs on Sunday were permitted into the Kaohsiung Public Library for the first time, marking what the organizers called an important step toward a more animal-friendly society. Illustrator Lee Chin-lun speaks at an event at the Kaohsiung Public Library on Sunday last week to promote “reading therapy dogs.” Photo: Huang Hsu-lei, Taipei TimesSince 2016, the Mitaka City Library in Tokyo has offered reading therapy dogs, a service inspired by efforts in the US, Kaohsiung Public Library director Lin Yi-cheng (林奕成) said. It was the first time pets were allowed into the Kaohsiung library, offering readers a novel experience and representing an important step toward realizing a society more friendly to animals, Lin said. However, the library said that it does not mark a change in policy, as animals are generally still not allowed in the building. Hearing Lee Chin-lun speak helped them better understand the deep connection between dogs and humans, they said, adding that hopefully the library would admit dogs again.

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