"To maintain an adequate supply of them for tilling," Mr. Shih once said, "every water buffalo used to have an ID sticker on it with its photo and birth date, and butchers were prohibited from slaughtering any buffalo that was under the age of 13."
施義章曾表示，「過去為了保持耕作力，防止屠宰商濫殺水牛，不但每頭牛有張貼照片、注有出生年月日的身分證（牛籍），年齡未滿十三歲的還不准屠殺。」