In the wake of this incident, animal protection groups organized protests calling for comprehensive reform of the Animal Protection Act, prompting the Council of Agriculture to put forward amendments to the APA that em-power the COA not only to levy administrative fines on offenders, but also to press criminal charges, with the possibility of jail time. This is one positive outcome of such Internet vigilantism.
也因此一事件，民間動物保護團體隨即發起「推動全面修改動保法大遊行」，促成農委會提案修法，讓原本只有行政處罰、最多僅需付罰鍰的動物保護法，修正為犯罪者需負刑事責任，可處以有期徒刑，這也是人肉搜索帶來的正面效應之一。