In recent years there have been a number of cases of foreign circuses on tour in Taiwan experiencing cash crises which led to animals being abandoned and left cold and hungry. The spring chicken chases held in some localities, in which the fowl are sent scurrying in all directions as people try to grab them, have also attracted accusations of animal abuse.
加上近年來發生國外馬戲團來台表演，卻入不敷出，導致動物被遺棄，饑寒交迫的事情；地方舉行抓春雞活動，窮追猛抓下群雞四處逃竄，也遭保護動物人士指責虐待動物。