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Singer Fei Yu-ching donates NT$1 million to feed sheltered animals
Central News Agency
2014-02-17 10:32 PM
Kaohsiung, Feb. 17 (CNA) Famous Taiwanese singer Chang Yen-ting, better known as Fei Yu-ching, has donated NT$1 million (US$33,076) to an animal protection group, which will use the money to buy cat and dog food for animals in shelters.
Ni Jing-tai, a spokesman for the Animal Rescue Team, said Monday that it set up a fund-raising platform to solicit donations on a long-term basis to help stray dogs or cats or those kept in underfunded private dog or cat shelters.
Ni said that Fei, known for his love of animals, contacted the platform through his agent and informed the group that he wanted to make a donation and hoped that more people would join him.
The group did not expect the donation to be as much as NT$1 million, and "we're very moved," Ni said.
Ni said the money will be used to buy dog and cat food that will then be donated to 50 underfunded cat and dog shelters around Taiwan, benefiting an estimated 12,900 cats and dogs.
Fei is famous for his mellifluous voice and has a wide following in the ethnic-Chinese community. News of the donation has received an enthusiastic response since it was posted on the Animal Rescue Team's Facebook page over the weekend.
As of Monday morning, more than 35,000 netizens "liked" the news, with some leaving messages such as "Fei Yu-ching is handsome and good at singing," "Xiaoge (nickname of Fei), you're great," "you are a guardian angel for stray cats and dogs," and "give you tens of millions of likes."
(By Chen Chao-fu and Lilian Wu)
