Over the last few years, akitas have been bred to an overabundance and their value has plummeted. On college campuses, on Yangming Mountain, even on mountain slopes with an elevation of 1000 meters or more, you can find stray akitas.
前幾年，秋田犬繁殖過剩，價格大跌，在許多大學校園、陽明山，甚至海拔一千公尺以上的高山，都可以看到被遺棄的秋田犬。