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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Even More Pets and Animals During Eclipse
Description: Hello! You're listening to an all-new episode of News Bites.
I'm Paz Bueno.
And I'm Nancy Sun.
Today's storiesโฆ
More pets than babies in Taiwan, animals behave strangely during an eclipse, and how much energy can you save by recycling?
Are you ready to find out more?
Here we go!
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Pets Outnumber Babies in Taiwan
Last semester (ไธๅญธๆ), we shared surprising news that pets outnumbered babies in Hsinchu County.
Now, this trend (่ถจๅข) has spread across Taiwan!
More people registered their pet dogs and cats than there were babies born in 2023.
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Last year, there were 232,196 new registrations for pets compared to only 135,571 babies.
Among these pets, cats were especially popular (็นๅฅๅๆญก่ฟ), with...