answers about China dog massacre

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zhang irene <irenezy

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:08:19 +0800 (CST)

Re: re letters about China dog massacre

 

Hi, thanks for the points. Here follows my answer as

clear as I know.

 

1. Cixi is a county city under Ningbo city in Zhejiang

province.

 

2. Dog eating was the tradition of several minorities,

e.g. Korea and people in the southwestern mountain

areas, in China and became a trend in the big cities

since 1980s.

 

3. The fee for one time rabies vaccination is RMB

60.00 in the vet clinic. The actual cost is RMB

20.00.It is available in every vet clinic, even is the

rural areas.

 

4.Vaccinated dog has a certificate and a label in

some areas.

 

5. Each province in China has its own policy on pet

dog. Most of them permit pet dog keeping on the basis

of an annual fee system in areas above town level.As

for the rural areas, there is no regulation on dog

keeping. Markets of pet dog is very common. The only

difference between " black " and " white " market is just

whether the government takes managing fee from the

market. Anyone can rent a stand in the market to sell

pet.There's no restriction on the health situation of

the pets been sold there.

 

6. Everywhere in rural China there are stray dogs

because the farmers let their pet dog stray in the

village where You can hardly tell a pet dog from a

real stray dog.In cities, stray dog is also a big

problem.

 

Regards

Irene

 

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