killing illegal dogs in Cixi, Nibo, Zhejiang, China

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On Oct. 15, Cixi Daily reported the following:

 

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.

 

The action was caused by the death of about 10 people that 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 vaccinated 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.

 

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.

 

 

Click here for the original report in Chinese:

 

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This newspaper article was accompanied by this piece, written by Merritt

Clifton, Editor of " Animal People " on November the 14th, 2003.

 

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 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Met vriendelijke groet,

 

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With kind regards,

 

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Mit Freundlichen Grüssen,

 

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