The Chinese blast: Yangtze River Number Two versus Dogs with No Name !!

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Dog Cull: Citywide Canine Slaughter of Pet and Stray Dogs Begins Thursday

Written by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway

Published on September 9th, 2009

 

A citywide dog cull in China is slated to begin on Thursday, September 10, 2009.

According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the canine cull

is taking place in order to contain rabies and control the dog population in the

area.

 

According to the report, “dog-beating squads” will scour the streets of

Qinhuangdao and kill dogs that are not registered, vaccinated or are strays.

Dog owners are being asked to kill their own dogs by Thursday if they are

considered “dangerous breeds” or are over one foot tall!

 

Earlier this year, more than 37,000 dogs were brutally killed in the Shaanxi

Province of China due to a rabies outbreak involving humans. According to

reports, 13 people died of rabies. While 240,000 dogs in the city were

vaccinated against rabies, unattended dogs on the streets of Hanzhong were

killed. An unnamed official said, “Telling people that unattended dogs will be

killed, is an effective way to contain the epidemic because it encourages dog

owners to keep their pets at home.” Many of the animals were brutally clubbed

to death on the streets. Some dogs were strays, some were pets. Warning -

graphic photos can be seen on this website.

 

Due to the lack of population control efforts, pet education and rabies

prevention programs, canine culls are one such way to contain rabies and contain

the population. The government is working with various organizations, including

the IFAW, the Humane Society International and ACTAsia, in order to draft

welfare legislation for animals.

 

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The world’s most expensive dog cost $582,000

A Tibetan Mastiff now holds the title after being sold to a woman in China

TODAY staff

updated 10:05 a.m. ET Sept. 11, 2009

It sounds like a shaggy dog story, but it isn’t. A Tibetan Mastiff is believed

to have broken the record as the world’s most expensive dog — sold to a young

Chinese millionaire for a mind-blowing $582,000.

 

The owner, known only as Ms. Wang, traveled to Qinghai province of northwest

China to purchase the 18-month old dog, named Yangtze River Number Two.

 

Yangtze came home to an A-List entrance at Xi’an airport in China’s Shaanxi

province, where he was reportedly greeted by hordes of dog lovers and picked up

on Wednesday by a motorcade of 30 black Mercedes-Benz cars.

 

“Gold has a price, but this Tibetan Mastiff doesn’t,” she was quoted as saying

to Chinese publications.

Tibetan Mastiffs, a fairly rare breed, typically cost about $2,000 in the West,

but are more expensive in China where they are valued for their skills as guard

dogs.

 

Ms. Wang has plans to mate Yangtze with another Tibetan Mastiff that she owns,

according to Chinese reports.

 

A family in Florida previously held the record, paying $155,000 for a Labrador

named Lancelot Encore, cloned from their dead dog, Lancelot.

 

 

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