Threat to big dogs in Beijing

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>Envelope-to: anpeople

>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:30:51 +0800 (CST)

>zhang irene <irenezy

>Forum on the violence of big dogs

>Kim <anpeople, Peter <lipj

>

>Dear Kim,

>

>ARB held a forum on the violence of big dog on June 11

>in Beijing Guodu Pet Park. Over 200 pet dog owners

>attended the forum with the enthusiam even hotter than

>the temperature.

>

>Experts on pet and animal study, representatives of

>environmental protection NGOs and representatives of

>big dog clubs made speeches on the tenderness and

>intimacy of big dogs with live dog shows. A proposal

>on the amendment of the dog keeping regulation was

>passed by the participants and woul be handed in to

>the government.

>

>A dozen media interviewed the forum but only one

>newspaper published the report. As we learned later

>that the city legal affair department noted that the

>issue of big dog was sensitive and forbidded the

>report of big dog issue in the local media.

>

>According to gross statistics, there are over 200,000

>big dogs which are prohibited by the Impementation

>Guide to the Beijing Dog Keeping Regulation issued by

>the Beijing Municipal Government in Oct. 2003. Also

>dogs higher than 35cm (excluding the head) are

>prohibited. The annual check of dog registration this

>year,which ends on June 30, does not renew the license

>for those big dogs. From July 1,the police will catch

>those dogs without the new license.That will

>definitely cause conflict between the dog owner and

>the police and, the suffer of many dogs.

>

>Now with only 17 days left, we do worry about the

>future of the big dogs. please inform the world about

>the situation in Beijing. I think a letter to the

>Olympic Organization Committee in Beijing will be more

>effective than to the legal department.

>

>Int'l contact: international

>Environmental issue:

>environment

>

>best wishes

>Irene

>

 

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