Yang Xiulan, the head of the port village.

(Provided by Yang Xiulan)

[Reporter Cai Zongxian / Pingtung Report] Taiwan Animal Protection Administrative Supervision Alliance (referred to as Dongdumeng) recently announced this year's Animal Friendly Village Chief Award, Pingtung Manzhou Township Ganggang Village Chief Yang Xiulan, because of his 11-year commitment to land crab conservation and A local patrolman, this year's award was affirmed. She also hopes to make the port village develop into a community of production, life and ecology, attract more young people to return to their hometowns for development, and improve the aging problem of local residents.

The Action Council held the third "Outstanding Village Leader Award for Friendly Animals" this year. The aspect of participating in animal protection was re-innovated and expanded. The protected species added Taiwan whitefish and land crab. Chairman Wang Weizhi pointed out that it is a trend for village leaders to care about animal protection. It is the direction that must be taken. Because animal health administrative affairs involve different levels of social problems, the solution should not be limited to a few people or groups, nor should it stay at the county and city government level, but should be implemented in the village; Lu Crab was included in the evaluation It also made Yang Xiulan's efforts affirmed.

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Ganggang Village, located in a remote township in Manzhou, lacks resources and has serious population migration, but has a natural environment, natural beauty and rich ecological species. After Yang Xiulan became the village head, she set up a patrol team to protect land crabs through public-private cooperation. Hermit crab shells, planting trees and trees to create habitat for stick insects, planting butterflies to feed on grass to attract butterflies to move in, and through eco-tourism and teaching, Ganggang Village now has more than 10,000 visitors a year, and the balance is given back to the community. Ganggang Village has become a highlight of ecological tourism in Manzhou Township.

Yang Xiulan said that she has been involved in community ecological conservation patrols for 11 years. The land crab ecology in Ganggang Village has become a community eco-tourism from conservation research, and successfully allows residents to share the environmental wealth of ecological conservation. The award is a great affirmation, but the main project It is the residents of the entire community. Everyone agrees that these ecology and environment are the main reasons for attracting tourists. The residents regard the wild animals in the village and the surrounding natural environment as their home, creating a living environment in which wild animals, pets and people coexist peacefully.

Yang Xiulan, the head of the port village, has been protecting the crab ecology for many years.

(Provided by Yang Xiulan)

Yang Xiulan, the head of the port village, won the prize for protecting the crab ecology for many years.

(Provided by Yang Xiulan)