A dog’s last moments photographed
Taiwanese photographer Tou Chih-kang tries to make a portrait of a puppy before it is put down by lethal injection at a shelter in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Tou calms a puppy before taking a picture. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Tou calms an excited dog. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Tou snaps a puppy. He has been visiting dog shelters for two years, making human-like portraits that give a sense of dignity and esteem to about 400 canines. This year Taiwanese authorities will kill an estimated 80,000 stray dogs at 38 pounds throughout the island. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Tou Chih-kang hangs his portraits for a exhibition in Taoyuan. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Tou identifies dogs on a manifest that are to be put down later that day at a government-run shelter in Taoyuan. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
A dog at the shelter (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
A dog is taken to be euthanized by lethal injection. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
The leashes of dogs put down that day hang from a metal fence at the shelter. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
A nurse prepares the room used to euthanize dogs. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
A dog sits in a cage before he is put down. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
Government workers catch a dog on the streets of Taoyuan. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)