1.Owner's personal identification documents 

2. Microchipping: NT$300

3. Pet registration fee: 
 Already spayed or neutered pets:NT$500 
 Pets that have not yet been spayed or neutered: NT$1000(the registration fee for dogs and cats of residents of Taichung City has been reduced to NT$0 for spayed/neutered animals and NT$100 for not yet spayed/neutered animals)

4.Bring pet for on-site application

Animal   Protection Industry Management Section  or Contact the city's contracted pet registration stations ：04-25588024

1.First come first served

2.Registration fees have been required since December 1, 1999.

Handled in accordance with pet registration  management regulations  

1.Written application
2. Owner's ID document (owner must be an adult)
3. City residents who apply in person must bring a photocopy of the cover of the owner's bank account passbook.
4. Pet registration certificate
5. Limited to owners who are city residents with a registered residence in Taichung City and are raising a dog or cat at a location within Taichung City.

Animal Protection Industry Management Section or contact an animal hospital performing spay/neuter surgery under contract to Taichung City：04-25588024

Animal Shelter Section

Taichung Animal
Shelter Nantun campus

No.601,Chung Tai Rd.,Nantun Dist.,Taichung City
04-23850949

Houli Animal Shelter (address: 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung City) 04-25588024

First come first served during times announced by the Animal Shelter

Handled in accordance with the Pet Registration Management Regulations, and the Pet Registration Management and Commercial Pet Breeding for Sale and Boarding Industry Management Fee Standards.

Incentive programs encouraging do adoption are handled in accordance with relevant regulations.

Animal Shelter Section

Taichung Animal  Shelter Nantun campus
(address：No.601,Chung Tai Rd.,Nantun Dist.,Taichung City)
04-23850949

Houli Animal Shelter (address: 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung City) 04-25588024

Handled in accordance with the Animal Protection Act.

Handled in accordance with the Animal Protection Act and Taichung City Stray Dog Precision Capture Standard Operating Procedures.

Handled in accordance with the Animal Protection Act and Taichung City Distressed Animal Assistance and Rescue Standard Operating Procedures

1. Contracted animal hospitals in Taichung have been contracted to perform this service (fees are collected according to the Taichung Veterinary Medical Association's fee collection standards). 
2. If an owner wishes to receive vaccination at this Office, please make a prior reservation by calling 04-23869420 #517. (the vaccination fee is NT$140 per animal)
3. Vaccination announcement

Handled in accordance with the Infectious Animal Disease Prevention and Control Act and preventive vaccination announcements.

Incentive programs for rabies vaccination are handled in accordance with their regulations.

Animal Shelter Section Nantun Animal Shelter (address: 601 Zhongtai Rd., Nantun District, Taichung City) 04-23850949

Houli Animal Shelter (address: 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung City) 04-25588024

1. Written application 

2.Certificate Fee：NT$1000

Animal Drug Administration Section
04-23869420#517

Handled in accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Animal Drug Trades

1. Written application 

2. Attach activity plan (invitation letter, letter of appointment, contract, etc.)

3.Free

1.Testing is performed regularly once each year.

2.Handled in accordance with the Infectious Animal Disease Prevention and Control Act.

1. Owner's personal identification documents 

2.Letter of authorization (when performed by a person who is not the owner on the pet registration certificate, the person must present a letter of authorization from the pet microchip owner and photocopies of front and back of both parties' ID documents.)

3.Legal persons or pet businesses must attach their registration certificates and the responsible person's ID card.(If not the responsible person, a letter of authorization and the ID card of the responsible person must be attached.)

4.The body of the pet and the cremation application.

5.Pet registration information.

6.Pet cremation fees:

• NT$250 per animal when less than 5kg.

• NT$50 per kilogram per animal when over 5kg. (each additional increment of less than 1kg is calculated as 1kg)
• Residents of Taichung City with a pet registration certificate (÷2)
• Non-residents of Taichung City with no pet registration certificate (x2)

Animal lndustry Management Division

After making a reservation by phone, bring the body of the pet to Taichung Animal Shelter for cremation.

Commissioned cremation times：Monday through Friday (10:00-12:00 a.m., 1:30-4:00 p.m.), except on public holidays.

Taichung Animal  Shelter Nantun campus
(address：No.601,Chung Tai Rd.,Nantun Dist.,Taichung City)
04-23850949

Houli Animal Shelter (address: 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung City) 04-25588024

Consumer disputes involving pet businesses

1.Purchase verification document or evidence.

2.Free.

Animal Protection Industry Management Section, 04-25588024#513

Handled within 8 days after receiving online application letter forwarded by the city government.

Handled in accordance with the Taichung City Autonomous Consumer Protection Statute.

Consumer complaint mediation from the Legal Affairs Bureau of Taichung City Government

Written application (signed by applicant)

1.Mail to 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung 408

2. Fax to 04-25581480

3.E-Mail to：g6000@taichung.gov.tw

2.Limited to residents of Taichung City

3.ID card of resident of Taichung City

Residents who require a live trap should call the Taichung City Animal Shelter (TEL:04-23814978) to register the loan.

Handled in accordance with the Taichung City Live Trap Loan Management Regulations.

Sending Love Home Service

1.Must have completed dog or cat adoption procedures at an animal shelter.

2.Delivery location: Chiefly administrative districts of Taichung City. If it is wished to deliver an animal to a neighboring county or city (Nantou, Miaoli, or Changhua), please contact Animal Shelter personnel in charge of the Sending Love Home Service program.

Taichung Animal  Shelter Nantun campus
(address：No.601,Chung Tai Rd.,Nantun Dist.,Taichung City)
04-23850949

Houli Animal Shelter (address: 370 Tifang Rd., Houli District, Taichung City) 04-25588024

Time and date of delivery: Delivery will be arranged by this Office for a time between Monday and Friday; the applicant will be notified by phone 1 day prior to delivery.

After dog or cat adoption procedures have been completed, if the adopter has no suitable vehicle or cage to transport the animal, the adopter may submit an application to this Office to apply for transport service.

Animal missing/found registration

1.Online registration

2.Not limited to residents of Taichung City

3.Must provide information concerning the pet (ideally a photograph)

1.Online registration

2.Not limited to residents of Taichung City

3.Must provide information concerning the pet (ideally a photograph)

Information will be posted for 3 months.

1.Online registration

2.Not limited to residents of Taichung City

1.Online registration

2.Not limited to residents of Taichung City

1.Consumer proof or evidence

2.Free

Handled within 8 days after receiving online application letter forwarded by the city government.

2. If the applicant is not a natural person, a photocopy of the responsible person's ID document.

3. Qualifications documents of full-time staff.

4. Company/business license document (either one), reservation document, registration transcript/photocopy, public notification materials.

5. Name and address of place of business, location map showing area, floorplan, and explanation of facilities.

6. Transcript of land registration for pet life remembrance service location.

7. Transcript of cadastral map showing scope of pet life remembrance service location marked in color.

8. Photocopy of building use license/building transcript.

9. If the land and building comprising the place of business is not the property of the responsible person alone, document verifying lawful use.

10. Business regulations

11. Original pet life remembrance service license

12. Photocopies of startup business plan and verifying document approved by the central competent authority.

13. Explanation of subsequent arrangements if the business cannot continue to operate due to closure, termination of business, or other reasons, and handling affidavit.

14. Pet body cremation equipment (including secondary combustion chamber) and annotated drawings of air pollution prevention equipment.

15. Application for change of items-attach document verifying changes.

16. License fee: NT$2,000

Handled in accordance with the Taichung Autonomous Statute on Pet Carcass Disposal and Pet Life Memorial Service Management , Taichung Pet Life Remembrance Service Business Management Regulations,  and Taichung Pet Life Remembrance Service License Fee Standards.

Application for permission to use funeral and interment land on non-urban land for the scattering of pet ashes

1. Photocopy of applicant's ID document; if a legal person, please provide a photocopy of the legal person's registration verification document.

2. Business proposal for the pet ashes scattering area.

3. Land registration transcript from the most recent month; a physical transcript is not required when an application for an online transcript can be made.

4. Transcript of cadastral map of land from the most recent month; a physical transcript is not required when an application for an online transcript can be made.

5. Layout map of garden area; scale may be no smaller than 1:1,200.

6. Schematic diagram of location.

7. Agreement giving permission for the scattering of pet ashes from the owner of the land where the park is located.

Document review and on-site investigation will be completed within 60 days after receiving application.

Handled in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Utilization Control of Non-Urban Land and Enforcement Guidelines for the Use Permission of Non-Urban Land.