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TUAPA, the Taiwan United Animal Park Association, is a legally registered animal-protection nonprofit in Taiwan. Its roots trace back to “Cat Footprint Foster Home,” a community cat-care Facebook group formed by cat lovers in Taipei’s Guting area in 2013. The group participated in adoption events, shelter support, and street-level animal welfare education before TUAPA was formally registered on March 24, 2018. Unlike a rescue group that only publishes individual adoption posts, TUAPA’s public materials connect cat care, adoption interviews, shelter and community-feeder support, public education, and a long-term vision of building an animal park-style shelter and education center.
TUAPA grew from the earlier Cat Footprint Foster Home community into a legally registered animal-protection association, giving it both grassroots foster-care roots and a formal nonprofit structure.
Public materials for its Cat Villa adoption process describe online forms, official Line contact, scheduled interaction, and face-to-face interviews. The focus is not quick placement, but understanding the adopter’s care plan and long-term commitment.
TUAPA’s stated direction includes education, shelter and community-feeder support, and the goal of establishing an animal park-style shelter and education center, making it broader than a simple adoption listing page.
Sources: https://www.animalspark.org.tw/ · https://www.animalspark.url.tw/hot_495667.html · https://animalspark.neticrm.tw/civicrm/event/info?id=10&reset=1 · https://www.npo.org.tw/orgnpointroduction.aspx?orgid=7511&tid=200 · https://www.igiving.org.tw/npo/introduce?n_id=728 · https://grouptw.moi.gov.tw/SearchGroup?IsQuery=True&Q_Type=0&page=1878&pagesize=10&size=10&tab=little. If anything is incorrect or outdated please contact hello@pawsumes.tw.
Nantou County Public Animal Shelter (南投縣公立動物收容所) is operated by the Nantou County Livestock Disease Control Center (南投縣家畜疾病防治所). Located at No. 36-1, Lingxing Road, Nantou City — adjacent to the Nantou City sanitation department — it is the only public animal shelter in Nantou County, serving all 13 townships of the county. Following expansion and renovation, the shelter now has two dog buildings, a dedicated cat building, a public education classroom, and an open outdoor exercise area where dogs can run freely without leash restraint — a feature that makes it easier for visitors to observe and interact with animals before adopting. Nantou County's mountainous geography and dispersed population make this shelter the key animal welfare hub for central Taiwan's mountain corridor. The shelter maintains an active Facebook page where the most current adoption listings and event announcements are posted.
Taichung Universal Animal Protection Association, commonly known as TUAPA, is a long-running animal-protection nonprofit in Taichung focused on stray dog and cat sheltering, care, medical support, adoption, lost-pet assistance, and public education. The association was legally registered with the Taichung City Government Social Affairs Bureau on March 13, 1994, and works under the idea of “caring for animals and respecting life.” Unlike a group that only reposts individual cases or runs short-term placements, TUAPA combines sanctuary care, online adoption, dog and cat search assistance, education, legal advocacy, volunteer experience, and senior-dog sponsorship. For users who want to support stray animals in central Taiwan, TUAPA is especially notable for its long-term shelter care, medical needs, and end-of-life support for older or disabled animals.
TUAPA’s official introduction describes its sanctuary as a temporary home that provides daily care, medical support, shelter maintenance, and kennel repairs for rescued dogs and cats, making it different from a social-media-only adoption page.
The association’s public materials note that many animals at the sanctuary are aging. TUAPA actively promotes hospice-style family sponsorship so older and disabled stray animals can still receive care and companionship in their later years.
Beyond website and Facebook adoptions, TUAPA assists with dog and cat search cases and uses school education, public events, and animal-welfare participation to promote adoption over purchase, sterilization, and responsible care.
Taiwan Animals No Longer Stray Association is a private animal-protection organization focused on stray dog and cat sterilization, adoption support, public education, and advocacy. Its public message is a hope to one day see Taiwan’s stray animals no longer wandering, and its resources are directed toward TNR, supporting volunteers and community feeders, Mixdogcat adoption work, public information sharing, and donations. Unlike a shelter-style rescue group that operates a fixed public facility for walk-in animal viewing, the association’s official page states that it does not operate a shelter and does not function as a general rescue-reporting agency. Its work is better understood as source-control, adoption support, education, and community participation to gradually change the future of stray animals.
The association’s public materials emphasize that the stray animal problem cannot be solved by rescue alone, so it focuses on sterilization, adoption, education, and advocacy to reduce future stray births.
The official page states that the association does not operate a shelter and is not a public agency. For urgent rescue or public-safety animal cases, users should also contact the local animal-protection authority or appropriate local rescue resources.
Official materials list Mixdogcat adoption center contacts and volunteer roles for feeding, litter cleaning, cleaning, and daily care, helping cats and dogs receive care and adoption exposure.
Taiwan Companion Animal Assistance Association, publicly known as TCASA or Dog Mountain Home, is a private animal-protection and long-term care organization based in Shalu, Taichung. Founded by rehabilitation physician Dr. Lin Wen-Hsien, the organization began by helping animals in public shelters who were more likely to be overlooked, including senior, sick, paralyzed, large-breed, and disabled companion animals. Unlike groups focused mainly on high-volume adoption or short-term rescue, Dog Mountain Home is especially known for post-rescue long-term care, rehabilitation support, assistive devices, individualized feeding, medical records, hospice-style care, and end-of-life dignity. The association also promotes the belief that companion animals should be respected, loved, and not abandoned because of age, illness, or disability.
Dog Mountain Home’s clearest identity is caring for older, sick, paralyzed, large, or harder-to-place animals. These animals may not fit fast adoption pathways, but they still deserve stable, safe, dignified care.
The founder’s rehabilitation background is reflected in the care model. Official materials describe individualized feeding, nursing, rehabilitation, medical handling, and assistive support for animals with paralysis or mobility needs.
Because the site carries heavy care and medical responsibilities, Dog Mountain Home depends on sponsorship, donations, supplies, student volunteers, long-term volunteers, and care staff to keep senior and special-needs animals supported.
Taiwan Believe Animal Association is publicly known through its official brand as Faith for Animals. It is a private animal-protection organization focused on reducing stray and free-roaming dog populations at the source. Building on earlier campus TNvR experience from the NTU animal-care student group, the organization formally developed high-intensity female-dog sterilization as its core strategy in 2016. Its work includes dog population surveys, household visits, feeder cooperation, guardian persuasion, humane capture, free sterilization, rabies vaccination, microchip registration, and return-to-place. Unlike a shelter or adoption-centered rescue, Faith for Animals is not a walk-in dog/cat viewing center and is not a general rescue-reporting service. Its core role is large-scale, science-based, regional female-dog sterilization.
Faith for Animals focuses limited resources on unsterilized female dogs because sterilizing each female directly reduces future puppy births. This source-reduction model is different from simply rescuing, sheltering, or rehoming individual animals.
The organization does not only wait for reports. In project areas, it conducts population surveys and household visits to actively find unsterilized female dogs and work with guardians, feeders, and local residents.
The official explanation emphasizes that placing every dog into foster or adoption would exceed available capacity. The current priority is sterilization, return-to-place, and regional management so stray dog numbers can gradually decline.
已立案之動物保護社團法人。服務範圍遍及全台灣。服務動物類別：犬、貓、野生動物。業務包括：緊急救援、倡議、教育推廣、送養。
Chiayi City Animal Protection Education Park (嘉義市動物保護教育園區) is operated by the Chiayi City Government Construction Bureau (嘉義市政府建設處) and is the only public animal shelter in Chiayi City. Located at No. 31, Mituo Road, Fangcao Village, East District, Chiayi City, the park offers one of the most comprehensive online service ecosystems of any public shelter in Taiwan. Under the banner of "毛孩抵嘉" (Pets Arrive in Chiayi), the official website (ccap.chiayi.gov.tw) provides a single-platform access point for adoption, spay/neuter subsidy applications, animal protection case reporting, stray dog capture reporting, pet-friendly space certification, pet cremation services, pet educational courses, and downloadable standard contracts for grooming and boarding services. The park actively hosts school and organizational group visits and runs a volunteer recruitment program. Chiayi City's Construction Bureau also periodically offers pet registration and rabies vaccination subsidies, details of which are published on the official website.
⚠️ Important: Chiayi City (this shelter) and Chiayi County are separate administrative units with separate animal shelters. This page covers the Chiayi City Animal Protection Education Park (Mituo Road, East District). For the Chiayi County shelter, see the separate profile for 嘉義縣動物保護教育園區 (Minxiong Township).
Chiayi County Animal Protection Education Park (嘉義縣動物保護教育園區) is operated by the Chiayi County Livestock Disease Control Center (嘉義縣家畜疾病防治所) and officially opened on September 2, 2022. Located at No. 37-2, Hushanzai, Songshan Village, Minxiong Township — it is the only public animal shelter in Chiayi County. The facility features an architecturally distinctive design: the roof's angled intersections and a central corridor airflow system create natural ventilation that efficiently increases air exchange in the animal enclosures, while semi-open kennel structures give dogs ample movement space and appropriate sunlight. The park includes a fully equipped veterinary area with triage, animal wards, examination rooms, and a surgery room, significantly raising the standard of on-site medical care. An animal showcase area and a life education multimedia presentation room support regular adoption events and public education programs. Note that the Chiayi County Livestock Disease Control Center administrative office is located in Taibao City at a separate address — visitors coming to adopt animals should proceed directly to the Minxiong Township shelter, not the administrative office.
Keelung City Pet Bank (基隆市寵物銀行) is operated by the Keelung City Animal Protection and Disease Prevention Office (基隆市動物保護防疫所) and is the only public animal shelter in Keelung City. Located at No. 45-12, Dahua 3rd Road, Qidu District — adjacent to Xinxin Anle Garden cemetery — the shelter's name "Pet Bank" is unique among Taiwan's public shelters, conveying the idea of animals being temporarily deposited while waiting for adoption. The facility has three dog buildings and a dedicated cat room located within the shelter's medical area, separate from the dog kennels to reduce stress on cats. Keelung City has taken a strict approach to source management: since 2018, no new pet breeding licenses have been issued in the city. The Animal Protection Team prioritizes rescuing injured or at-risk animals rather than mass capture, and offers a trap cage loan service for residents who need to help capture injured stray animals. Prospective adopters must complete a pre-adoption interview assessment form and consent to 6 months of post-adoption follow-up via LINE@, making this one of the more structured adoption screening programs among Taiwan's public shelters.
Yilan County Stray Animal Transit Shelter (宜蘭縣流浪動物中途之家) (unofficial translation — no official English name exists) is operated by the Yilan County Animal and Plant Disease Prevention Office (宜蘭縣動植物防疫所) and is the only public animal shelter in Yilan County. Located at No. 60, Libao Road, Chengxing Village, Wujie Township — in the flat agricultural lowlands of central Yilan, accessible from Luodong — the shelter serves all 12 townships and cities of Yilan County. The facility operates as a transit care station: animals receive dedicated feeding, management, and basic training while in care, before being placed through adoption events, transferred to other shelters, or — for animals with severe injuries — humanely euthanized under the law. Every Wednesday the shelter closes to the public to conduct spay/neuter surgeries, reflecting a commitment to source management. The shelter runs an active Facebook page called "收容所的過客" (Transient Guests of the Shelter) with over 25,000 followers, where the most current adoption announcements and event information are posted.
Pingtung County Public Dog and Cat Midway Home is located at No. 1, Xuefu Road, Neipu Township, Pingtung County, inside National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Unlike many standalone public shelters, this site is notable for being a campus-based midway shelter. The Ministry of Agriculture listing also notes that Taiwan Dog Lovers Association began assisting with the site on September 3, 2018. Most importantly for adopters, the official listing states that animal reclaim and adoption matters for this site are now handled through Pingtung County Animal Home, so visitors should call first to confirm the animal's status, visiting arrangement, and correct handling location.
This site is located inside National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, which makes it different from many public shelters located in standalone municipal facilities. Call ahead before visiting to confirm access and same-day arrangements.
The official listing states that animal reclaim and adoption matters are currently handled through Pingtung County Animal Home. Do not rely on the campus address alone; call first to confirm where to go.
The MOA listing notes that Taiwan Dog Lovers Association began assisting with this site on 2018/09/03, which is an important background detail that distinguishes this listing from a typical municipal shelter profile.
Sources: https://animal.moa.gov.tw/Frontend/PublicShelter/Detail/PS00000028 · https://animal.moa.gov.tw/Frontend/PublicShelter/Detail/PS00000033. If anything is incorrect or outdated please contact hello@pawsumes.tw.
Changhua County Stray Dog Transit Shelter (彰化縣流浪狗中途之家) (unofficial translation — no official English name exists) is the only public animal shelter in Changhua County, operated by the Changhua County Animal Disease Prevention Office (彰化縣動物防疫所). Located in Yuanlin City — with the entrance accessed via Lane 875, Section 1, Dazhang Road, Fengyuan Township — the shelter serves all 26 townships and districts of Changhua County, housing stray dogs rounded up by township animal control teams as well as surrendered cats. There is no official English name for this facility; the name used here is a working translation by Pawsumés. The shelter runs a Pet Health Passport Program for adopters starting one year after adoption, offers free veterinary services at the shelter, and Changhua County periodically runs free spay/neuter programs for mixed-breed dogs and cats. Note that the shelter is closed every Friday for full disinfection.
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