Ministry launches app to map stray dogsBy Yang Yuan-ting and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Agriculture today released an app for the public to help track stray dog sightings, allowing users to take photographs of stray dogs and geo-tag their location, assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). The data would be used in the future to identify stray dog hotspots, increase management of stray dogs and build a nationwide risk assessment map, the Department of Animal Welfare said. It would further work toward the goal of stabilizing and reducing the stray dog population, it added. Hotspots for issues between stray dogs and humans or ecological conflicts were previously handled by local governments according to their respective management needs, it said. The app would overcome these limitations and encourage citizen participation to accumulate data on stray dog groups, it added.

Source: Taipei Times January 21, 2026 10:31 UTC