Dying Lives in 50 years: A Brief History of Taiwan's stray animals. (Foreword 3-2) Later on, I found out that there were some people and organizations that were focusing on and caring for stray animals as I was growing up. Furthermore, many people joined the animal protection movement because as they dabbled in the issue of stray animals. I am a real instance example of this. Taiwan’s animal protection movement has existed since the 1990s. In Taiwan, caring about the issue of wildlife conservation and companion animals is more acceptable than caring about the issue of animals being used for entertainment, experimentation, food and clothes. Taiwan has attached importance to wildlife conservation since economic sanctions in 1992 on account of wildlife products transaction. It buffeted Taiwan’s international image at that occasion. Therefore wildlife conservation has been advanced to a national level in order to save the face. After that, the government has protected against specific species and habitats, and reduced to interference in the environment. On the other side, stray animals are caused by abandonment and puppy mills. This is costly for the government and animal protection agencies, but not the perpetuators. Moreover, companion animals are close to the masses, and resonate more with society. For these reasons, companion animals is the most popular and greatest attention issue. For these reasons, the issue on companion animals gets more attention. Observing the organizations which have been established from 1990s to nowadays, rescuing stray animals from killing and maltreatment and being killed are the main object of most organizations. If we check the cost and the number of animal protection organizations, companion animals are still a focal point in this movement in Taiwan. (To be continued…)