Rabies outbreak, dog massacre in SE China

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>>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:22:50 -0700

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>>Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl

>>Rabies outbreak, dog massacre in SE China

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>>Zhejiang is among the top three or four dog meat producing states

>>in China. The photos accompanying this news item showed typical

>>yellow " meat dogs " being killed, not purebred pets. In sum, this

>>item typifies the problems that I pointed out last year resulting

>>from China not requiring " meat dogs " to be vaccinated.

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>>>Oct. 15, Cixi Daily reported-- In five days from Oct. 10, the

>>>action of killing illegal dogs in Cixi, Nibo, Zhejiang, China has

>>>killed over 44,000 dogs. The action will last for seven days.

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>>>The action was caused by the death of about 10 people been exposed

>>>to rabies and organized by the rabies prevention office of Cixi

>>>government. The so-called " illegal dogs " means those dogs who have

>>>not received rabies vaccination in a period fixed by the

>>>government, including those who were vaccined in other areas. In

>>>the local area, dog owners were refused to give rabies vaccination

>>>since the publication of the action. Neither in the nearby city.

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>>>In some villages, the dog killers got a subsidary of RMB 20 to 50

>>>for killing one dog. Some dog owners even betrayed their own pets

>>>and drove them out of the door when they were chased.

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>>>Original report in Chinese:

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>>>RABIES - CHINA (GUANGXI) (03)

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>>>Wed 12 Nov 2003

>>>Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl

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>>>A Comment on Canine Rabies Vaccination in China

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>>>[Merritt Clifton, the Editor of " Animal People "

>>>(<http://www.animalpeoplenews.org>), has sent the following interesting

>>>observations on canine rabies vaccination policy and practice in China. -

>>>Mod.CP]

>>>

>>>We just returned from our 2nd investigative visit to China, where we

>>>somewhat unexpectedly spent much of our time doing rabies education. China

>>>has uniform compulsory vaccination of pet dogs, and it seems to be rather

>>>stringently enforced: if the owner is not carrying a vaccination

>>>certificate when asked to produce it, the dog is often killed on the spot.

>>>

>>>Guangdong Province, however, where the 312 people have died this year,

>>>leads the universe in raising and slaughtering dogs for meat, and Chinese

>>>officials insist that these dogs are not at risk of getting rabies because

>>>they are confined. Therefore there is no requirement that dogs raised and

>>>sold for meat must be vaccinated.

>>>

>>>The overwhelming majority of the dogs who have been killed as result of

>>>rabies outbreaks this year have been in dog meat production areas, where

>>>there are few if any pet dogs.

>>>

>>>--Merritt Clifton

>>>Animal People

>>>P.O. Box 960

>>>Clinton, WA 98236

>>><anmlpepl

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>>>[see also:

>>>Rabies - China (Guangxi) (02): correction 20031114.2821

>>>Rabies - China (Guangxi) 20031112.2802

>>>Rabies, human - China (Guangdong) (02): correction 20030722.1794

>>>Rabies, human - China (Guangdong) 20030721.1783]

>>>.................cp/pg/mpp

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