The escaped baboon in Taoyuan was shot and killed, sparking heated discussions across Taiwan.

(Provided by the Peach City Agriculture Bureau)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] An escaped baboon in Taoyuan was shot and killed, sparking heated discussions across Taiwan.

Legislator Lai Pinyu of the Democratic Progressive Party criticized this evening (27th) that the tragedy was caused by the Taoyuan City government's "great success" and lack of administration.

After 18 days of escape, the Taoyuan baboon was finally captured today. Unexpectedly, the sad news came out that the baboon was seriously injured and died.

Lai Pinyu said through Facebook in the evening, "The death of baboons has evolved to the present. What we see is the great success of the Taoyuan City Government and the lack of administrative procedures related to it. The East African baboon who wandered outside for 18 days died. In fact, the truth The investigation is still pending, and the Forest Service has also intervened. But throughout the whole process, the behavior of the city government seems to use the baboons as "political performance propaganda" and "Mayor Zhang's public relations drama."

She went on to criticize that since the exposure of the news that the baboons escaped and was witnessed by the public sparked heated discussions, the Peach City Government has not only set up a so-called "baboon capture war room", but also made a bigger move to publicize the process of hunting baboons. It’s just a show. “Again, today’s process completely shows that the city government puts ‘show’ before ‘life’. After capturing the baboons, the Bureau of Agriculture did not immediately inspect and treat the injuries, but frantically ‘shown off’ "Slap", and even "poured" it into the transport cage extremely roughly."

Lai Pinyu also alleged, “When the city government faced (questions from the outside world) why it did not send the baboons to the “Wildlife Conservation Center” suggested by the Forest Service, the Taoyuan City Agriculture Bureau claimed that “because the baboons were found to be seriously injured, they sent them to the nearest Go to Paradise to deal with it.” It is clearly admitted that “his behavior of posing for a photo at the first time” is completely delaying medical treatment.”

Lai Pinyu finally said bluntly: "I must say that the Taoyuan City Government is constantly consuming baboons. Process. In the end, apart from the baboons that everyone is very concerned about and saddened by, the animal protection policies of governments at all levels and wild animal protection policies must also be thoroughly reviewed; behind each incident represents a life, and public departments cannot be perfunctory.”