I flew a dog from Taiwan to the U.S. to be adopted

What business does an American family have adopting a Taiwanese dog? Well, they have several stellar reasons to adopt this dog, Xiaohua.

Tristan pumps the breaks on the usual fun facts and animal news for this episode to bring you her personal account of being a "flight volunteer," also referred to by some as "flight guardian." Between Super Typhoon Bavi, a 14-hour flight, and staying in a less-than-great New York City neighborhood, plenty went wrong and right.

Formosa Fauna is back this week to entertainingly educate you about animals both in Taiwan and abroad! Spend the next 20 minutes listening to this episode and feeding your noggin with fun facts about the animal kingdom so you can become smarter than all of your friends.

Want to share your own story and have it read on air? Send your story (photos welcome) to tristan@rti.org.tw!

See you every week for Formosa Fauna Fridays!