Re: HELP!!! DOGS IN CHINA

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Officials in the eastern city of Jining said Thursday they would kill
all dogs within three miles of areas where rabies had been found, the
official Xinhua News Agency said.

The measure came in response to the deaths of 16 people from rabies in
Jining in the last eight months, Xinhua said. It didn't say when the
cull would begin or how the animals would be killed. It said the city
had about 500,000 dogs.

Rabies cases are on the rise in China, with more than 2,000 people dying
from the disease each year. Only 3 percent of the country's dogs are
vaccinated against rabies.

Last week, a county in southwestern Yunnan province killed 50,000 dogs
after three people died of rabies. The massacre provoked unusually
pointed criticism in state media, while the activist group People For
the Ethical Treatment of Animals called for a boycott of Chinese
products.

Other slaughters have been reported elsewhere in China this year,
although the government says it has no standard policy of destroying
dogs.

"I think this is completely insane," Zhang Luping, founder of the
Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Education Center, said Friday in
response to Jining's announcement.

"What's more, this really damages our national image and sets a really
bad example to show how lazy and inconsiderate those local government
officials are," Zhang said.

Zhang said there were no laws under which citizens could stop the
killings, but said she and other animal protection activists were
reaching out through the media to try to change policy.

"I think this brutal and cold-blooded campaign should stop as soon as
possible," Zhang said.

People answering phones at Jining's city government and epidemic control
center refused to comment or said they weren't authorized to release
information to media.

The World Health Organization has not directly criticized the
slaughters, but WHO experts have said they underscore a lack of
coordination and other problems with China's health care system.

The killings have prompted widespread commentary in state media and
online forums, with opinions strong divided.

Rabies attacks the nervous system. In humans, it normally results in
death within a week after symptoms develop.

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bunch of mutts?
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