Miaoli to give rewards for leopard cat conservationBy Chang Hsun-teng and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Miaoli County Government has approved an ordinance regulating rewards and subsidies for leopard cat conservation to encourage people and organizations working to help these animals. Experts estimate there are 500 to 600 leopard cats nationwide, with 300 to 400 of them in the county’s Cianshan (淺山) area. The county last year promulgated the Autonomous Ordinance for the Conservation of Leopard Cats in Miaoli County (苗栗縣石虎保育自治條例), which serves as the legal basis for the ordinance approved on Tuesday. An undated photo shows a worker examining a leopard cat kitten found in Miaoli County. Farmers and other groups working in fields close to paths visited by leopard cats are to be given NT$5,000 per hectare, it added.

Source: Taipei Times October 02, 2020 16:18 UTC