Professor Lu recently completed a three-year study for the Taipei zoo which revealed that although Formosan serow are still widely distributed, they face "increasing pressure on their existence."
目前台灣長鬃山羊雖然分佈仍廣，但遭受到的捕獵壓力日盛一日。年前，國內關心生態保育人士已著手進行台灣長鬃山羊的生態調查研究，期望在它們尚未瀕臨絕種時，畫出一塊保護區，供其自由活動。