Re: HELP!!!! DOGS IN CHINA

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Here we go, animals before humans again...so what?

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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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