I made this based on some of the shocking and heartbreaking scenes in the movie "Twelve Nights", a documentary about dogs captured into a Taiwanese government-fund shelter, and how they spend their last twelve days of life whether or not they make it out of the shelter. I found a blogger who did a really good writeup in English about Twelve Nights.
Link here.
Translation from upper left, counterclockwise:
The fiercest dog or the one which has the topmost hierarchy in the cage has the privilege to eat first, so the weak ones could end up eating nothing and curling up in the corner in days in a row. (Because of overloaded with abandoned/lost pets and strays, the sanitary situation in the shelter is way below the standard.)
Some dogs cuddle together to make companion, others protect each other during cleanup flush. There are also dogs just staring at the cage wall, waiting. They do not know if it is life or death that is coming ahead.
A dog tried to escape from the rope on his neck. He bit the stick so hard (out of instinct) that he broke his teeth right on the spot, leaving blood stains all over the floor.
Lots of dogs die in their waste and vomit without dignity. The only chance they can get out of this hell-like shelter (pardon my word) is to be adopted and never be dumped when they get sick and grow older. The story would be totally different for them and for the adopter as well.
There are puppies which cannot make it to grow up and sick dogs with no medical treatment (for sooner or later they are going to die in the shelter) getting euthanized every day in Taiwan. Is it because they do not have vote, they do not have choice?
That day, a owner called and asked the staff to take his dog away from his place. After he was informed that the abandoned dog will be put down, he waved his hand and dismissed the staff, as well as the dog, in a fifteen-minute consideration... How could a life be put out like this..
A smart and brave dog climbed up to the top of the cage, no one knew how he did it. He was caught and dragged down after all the effort, and was put into another small cage for the rest of the days. He died in a few days. He could not make it out after all.
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It caused me huge pain and heartache to recall what is in the movie and what is wrong with our society and I could not stop my tears when I was drawing and writing. But I have to. The more people know the truth, the greater chance we have to save them from fear and threat.
Please tell your friends to adopt rather than buy, microchip the pets, and never ever abandon your furry friend. If they misbehave, experts and animal behaviorists are out there that you can seek for help.
There are always solutions, so is hope.
The animals look at every of us with no difference, and they never give up on us.
Why would us?
收容所裡的狗和貓越來越多，除了對法律的錯誤解釋外，過度繁殖流行的品種犬、流浪動物和寵物沒有結紮、沒有替寵物植入晶片、對收容動物的偏見也都是幫兇。
越多人知道事實的真相，就有越多的力量可以幫助這些生命。
你可以分享這篇文章，可以跟朋友宣傳「領養、不棄養」，可以用行動支持愛護生命的團體和個人，也可以從現在開始關心流浪動物的議題。
北部領養：
流浪動物花園
台北市動物之家
或上網搜尋其他個人名義的中途之家
中南部領養資訊：
護生園
莉丰慧館
或Facebok搜尋王丰、徐園長
周末開放參觀及領養時間，請自行上網搜尋 :)
或是用捐款的方式支持以上團體，或救援流浪動物的團體
例如
高雄市關懷流浪動物協會
最後quote一句我很喜歡的話
"The fact that you can only do a little
is no excuse for doing nothing." - John le Carré
你只能做一點點事，不代表你可以什麼事都不做。
