Although the cultures of the indigenous tribes have been gradually disappearing ever since outsiders began arriving in Taiwan four centuries ago, the conservation work done over the last several decades, especially the enactment of the Wildlife Conservation Law, has made almost all traditional fishing and hunting illegal. Hence this law that most people hold in high regard is viewed by the indigenous tribes as having rung the death knell for their hunting culture.
雖然四百年前外人陸續踏上台灣土地，原住民傳統文化已逐漸流失，但近十幾年來的保育工作，特別在野生動物保育法通過後，所有傳統捕魚、打獵幾乎都成為違法活動，一般人眼中立意甚佳的保育法令，也因此被原住民視為是對僅存的狩獵文化敲響喪鐘。