The Wretched Act of Animal Release

BY DEBBY NG

Apr 17, 2009

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Taiwan’s annual ritual of releasing animals as a form of relieving suffering might just be achieving the opposite.

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Debby Ng forayed into journalism following failed attempts at becoming a world-class equestrian. A wildlife crime investigator, underwater photographer, dive master and founder of a marine conservation organisation, she spends what remains of her time writing about the environment, its wildlife, and its people.

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