Yellow-throated mink, a "cute beast", has been seen frequently in Yushan Park in recent years, but many of them are looking for food in recreational areas or mountain houses where people gather, which seriously affects the foraging ability of wild animals and the ecological environment.

(Provided by Yuguan Office)

[Reporter Liu Binquan/Report from Nantou] In recent years, Yushan National Park has frequently seen the cute "cute beast" yellow-throated mink in Tatajia Park. No increase, but frequently appear in recreational areas, rummaging through tourists' garbage for food. Yellow-throated minks carry parasites and viruses, which can infect each other with pets. If garbage attracts dogs and cats to look for food, it may increase the risk of zoonotic infectious diseases. Remind tourists to take garbage down the mountain, keep a distance from wild animals, and maintain the ecological environment.

The Yuguan Department pointed out that the frequency of yellow-throated marten sightings in Tataga has increased in recent years, but compared with the monitoring of automatic cameras 10 years ago, it is found that there is no significant difference in the frequency of its appearance in the main peaks of Yushan Mountain and Tataga and other places, but frequent It appears in man-made activity areas and recreational areas, so that the chance of sightings increases.

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The study also found that yellow-throated martens often eat kitchen scraps and garbage in places where tourists gather, such as Tataja parking lot and visitor center square, but these smells will also attract stray dogs and cats to look for food. If tourists' pets interact with these animals, Will increase the risk of zoonotic infectious diseases.

For example, the yellow-throated mink has detected the blood parasitic protozoa "Hepatozoon sp.", canine parvovirus, adenovirus, etc. Hepatozoon sp. can cause heart disease; canine parvovirus can be highly fatal in young individuals ; Adenoviruses can cause low immunity, and these viruses can be transmitted to each other between domestic animals and dogs.

Since this year, general garbage and recycling bins have been removed from the Tataja Park, leaving only bear-proof trash cans. However, due to the recent reopening of the Nanheng Highway and the increase in the number of recreational activities, a lot of garbage has been generated, attracting Taiwanese black bears for food, and calling on tourists to trash Food waste should be taken down the mountain to prevent wild animals from eating, avoid getting too close to humans, reduce human-animal conflicts, and maintain the forest and animal ecology.

The "cute beast" yellow-throated mink has been seen frequently in Yushan Park in recent years. However, through comparison and monitoring, it was found that the population of the yellow-throated mink has not changed significantly.

(Provided by Yuguan Office)

The "cute beast" yellow-throated marten has been seen frequently in Yushan Park in recent years, and its foraging activities can be seen in mountain houses and other places where people gather.

(Provided by Yuguan Office)