To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Taipei, Sept. 21 (CNA) Taipei will offer pet insurance subsidies of up to NT$3,000 (US$100) each for at least 200 cats and dogs adopted from the city’s animal shelter this year, the city’s Animal Protection Office said Thursday. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 20 this year or until the budget is exhausted, with the subsidy limited to one payment per pet, the office said in a statement. To be eligible for the subsidy, the pets need to be neutered, have received rabies vaccinations and valid pet insurance, the office added.
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Taipei’s Animal Protection Office launched incentive programs such as vouchers to encourage the purchase of pet insurance in 2011 and expanded them to include adopted pets in 2019. It started implementing cash subsidies this year as public feedback suggested a shift towards cash rewards instead of vouchers to subsidize insurance premiums would be more popular.