Triple protection The 1989 Wildlife Conservation Law aims to protect wild animals, but the recently passed Animal Protection Law extends the law's protective umbrella to all vertebrate animals reared or managed by humans, including pets, "economic animals" (poultry, farm animals, etc.) and laboratory animals.
相較於民國七十八年通過的「野生動物保育法」，以野生動物為保育對象；近來通過的「動物保護法」則將人為飼養與管領的脊椎動物，包括寵物、經濟動物（家禽家畜等）、實驗動物全數納入法令的保護傘下。