Apart from the Hualien forestry district in eastern Taiwan, which suffered the heaviest losses, many reports of illegal logging of yew also emerged from the Tachia River basin in central Taiwan.
除東部花蓮林區紅豆杉遭盜伐位居榜首，中部大甲溪流域，也盛傳著各種盜採紅豆杉的故事。