Want China Times, CNA 2014-02-18
A staff member feeds dogs at an animal shelter in Kaohsiung. (Photo courtesy of Animal Rescue Team) |
Famous
Taiwanese singer Chang Yen-ting, better known as Fei Yu-ching, has donated NT$1
million (US$33,000) to an animal protection group, which will use the money to
buy cat and dog food for animals in shelters.
Ni
Jing-tai, a spokesman for the Animal Rescue Team, said Monday that it set up a
fund-raising platform to solicit donations on a long-term basis to help stray
dogs or cats or those kept in underfunded private dog or cat shelters.
Ni said
that Fei, known for his love of animals, contacted the platform through his
agent and informed the group that he wanted to make a donation and hoped that
more people would join him.
The group
did not expect the donation to be as much as NT$1 million, and "we're very
moved," Ni said.
Ni said the
money will be used to buy dog and cat food that will then be donated to 50
underfunded cat and dog shelters around Taiwan, benefiting an estimated 12,900
cats and dogs.
Fei is
famous for his mellifluous voice and has a wide following in the ethnic Chinese
community.
News of the
donation has received an enthusiastic response since it was posted on the
Animal Rescue Team's Facebook page over the weekend.
As of
Monday morning, more than 35,000 netizens "liked" the news, with some
leaving messages such as "Fei Yu-ching is handsome and good at singing,"
"Xiaoge (nickname of Fei), you're great," "you are a guardian
angel for stray cats and dogs," and "give you tens of millions of
likes."
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