in july 2013 tama talum – also known by his chinese name 王光祿 () – a 54-year-old man from the bunun tribe, went hunting in the mountains in taitung county to obtain meat for his elderly mother. after killing a formosan serow and a reeve's muntjac, talum was arrested for violation of the controlling guns, ammunition and knives act as the shotgun he was carrying was not "home-made" (the act provides exceptions for aborigines with home-made weapons). he was also charged with violation of the wildlife conservation act as his hunt was deemed to fall outside permitted ceremonial activities. talum did not deny the facts of the case, but maintained that his actions were not illegal. aboriginal and human rights groups protested that hunting is an integral part of bunun culture, and that talum was being prosecuted for a "filial act" (i.e. hunting to provide meat for his elderly mother).