Central News Agency (Central News Agency, reporter Guan Ruiping, Miaoli County, July 3) A large number of chicken carcasses were discovered in a mountain stream in Wumei Village, Tongxiao Township, Miaoli County in April. Police investigation revealed that a rancher surnamed Gu from Xihu Township packed about 180 dead chickens and had another man surnamed Gu transport them and dump them into the stream. The Miaoli District Prosecutors Office has concluded its investigation and indicted the two men for violating the Waste Disposal Act. Earlier this year, a large number of chicken carcasses appeared in a large drainage ditch north of Waipu Fishing Port in Houlong Township. Investigations by prosecutors and police found that the source was a layer farm in Fengyuan District, Taichung City. Over a thousand chickens confirmed to have avian influenza were not only dumped into the drainage ditch but also secretly buried on private farmland in Houlong, Miaoli County, drawing public attention. Unexpectedly, on April 2, the Tongxiao Police Precinct received a report from a citizen alleging that a large number of chicken carcasses had been dumped into a stream in the mountainous area of Wumei Village, Tongxiao Township. After the police, along with the Miaoli County Animal Disease Control Center, the Environmental Protection Bureau, and other units, inspected the site and reviewed surveillance footage from the surrounding area, they reported the case to the prosecutors for investigation. The Miaoli District Prosecutors Office stated today that Prosecutor Chen Xin-fu directed the investigation and confirmed that approximately 180 chicken carcasses were dumped. Through cross-referencing relevant evidence, it was discovered that the carcasses were dumped by a rancher surnamed Gu from a ranch in Xihu Township. The rancher, knowing that dead chickens should be processed by a legal facility, instead packed a large number of chickens, which had been attacked and killed by wild dogs, i