After the story got onto the Internet via Reuters, many conservation groups and academics concerned about the fate of cetaceans got in touch with local scholar Chou Lien-siang, a professor in the Department of Zoology at National Taiwan University who was on this occasion responsible for verifying that it was indeed dolphin meat.
消息經由路透社報導公告於國際「海洋哺乳動物網路」之後，許多關心鯨類的保育團體和學術單位，紛紛與國內協助這次海豚肉鑑定的台大動物系教授周蓮香聯絡。