China murders 50000 dogs....

[msdolittle]

I can't even express how much this angers me........first of all, dogs are not the ONLY reservoir for rabies, secondly why be so brutal?? Thirdly, I will do my best to pay attention to the products and services I use so that I can avoid China products as much as possible. It makes me fuming mad and sick to my stomach!!!!!!



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SHANGHAI, China (Aug. 2) - China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually pointed criticism in state media Tuesday and an outcry from animal rights activists.

Health experts said the brutal policy pointed to deep weaknesses in the health care infrastructure in China, where only 3 percent of dogs are vaccinated against rabies and more than 2,000 people die of the disease each year.

The five-day slaughter in Mouding county in Yunnan province in southwestern China ended Sunday and spared only military guard dogs and police canine units, state media reported.

Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported. Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said.

Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in, they said.

The killings were widely discussed on the Internet, with both legal scholars and animal rights activists criticizing them as crude and cold-blooded. The World Health Organization said more emphasis needed to be placed on rabies prevention.

The official newspaper Legal Daily blasted the killings as an "extraordinarily crude, cold-blooded and lazy way for the government to deal with epidemic disease."

"Wiping out the dogs shows these government officials didn't do their jobs right in protecting people from rabies in the first place," the newspaper, published by the central government's Politics and Law Committee, said in an editorial in its online edition.

In an editorial, the official Xinhua News Agency said the killings wouldn't have been necessary if the local government had been more attentive, but called the slaughter "the only way out of a bad situation."

"If they'd discovered this earlier, they could have vaccinated the dogs and ... controlled the outbreak," the editorial said.

The killings prompted calls for a boycott of Chinese products from the activist group People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"We are urging everyone to actively boycott - not a word we use lightly - anything from China given the bludgeoning killing of thousands of dogs," PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said.

She said the group had canceled all orders of merchandise it sells that are made in China. Will Wright, at PETA's European office in London, said the orders were worth about $300,000.

"We believe other groups will join us in expressing outrage over the blatant cruelty to animals the world is witnessing," Wright said.

Mouding County officials defended the slaughter in a region where about 360 of the 200,000 residents suffered dog bites this year, with three people reportedly dying of rabies, including a 4-year-old girl.

"With the aim to keep this horrible disease from people, we decided to kill the dogs," Li Haibo, a spokesman for the county government, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

Calls to county government offices went unanswered Tuesday. Located in mountains about 1,240 miles southwest of Shanghai, Mouding is famed for its Buddhist shrines.

Unlike in the West, where dogs have long been cherished as companions or helpmates, dogs have rarely had an easy time in China. Dog meat is eaten throughout the country, revered as a tonic in winter and a restorer of virility in men.

Following the communist seizure of power in 1949, dog ownership was condemned as a bourgeois affectation and canines were hunted as pests. Attitudes have softened in recent years, although urban Chinese are still subject to strict rules on the size of their pets and must pay steep registration fees.

About 70 percent of rural households now keep dogs, according to the Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention, and increased rates of dog ownership have been tied to a surge in the number of rabies cases in recent years. It said there were 2,651 reported deaths from the disease in 2004, the last year for which data was available.

Access to rabies treatment is also highly limited, especially in the countryside, said Dr. Francette Dusan, a World Health Organization expert.

Effective rabies control requires coordinated efforts between human health, animal health and municipal agencies and authorities, Dusan said.

"This has not been pursued adequately to date in China, with most control efforts consisting of purely reactive dog culls," she said.

[racialfish]

You have to remember it's China. They can do a lot more over there, and people don't think the same.

[msdolittle]

Oh yes, this is the same country that leaves baby girls laying in ditches and gutters...... I know. I'm considering the source but it still infuriates me.

[Durbkat]

Geez thats so sad and cruel. What idiots!

[mr.dark-saint]

How many dogs does the "humane" society put down every year in the US? As for P.E.T.A. they kill off animals too. Hypocites.

I thought this is about animals and not girl babies in ditches?

[angelfishamy]

PETA does kill off animals they say it's better for them to be put to sleep then go to abusive homes.As I see it the world will never be safe humans kill humans animals kill animals and vice versa.It is sad that they blame the dogs but China is full of people living in ignorance and communism they live in poverty and aren't taught the same values as more "civilized" cultures.They grow up learning ancient ways and taking $.50 jobs.Every culture has it's stupidity.

[fish_doc]

Well they also eat them as meals. So why would they treat them any different than the cows in europe during the mad cow scare?

[msdolittle]

Originally Posted by mr.dark-saint

How many dogs does the "humane" society put down every year in the US? As for P.E.T.A. they kill off animals too. Hypocites.

I thought this is about animals and not girl babies in ditches?

It is, you must not have read racialfish's comment.......that was my reply to him.

[msdolittle]

Originally Posted by mr.dark-saint

How many dogs does the "humane" society put down every year in the US? As for P.E.T.A. they kill off animals too. Hypocites.

I thought this is about animals and not girl babies in ditches?

Oh, and the way the humane society is SUPPOSED to put them down is humane.........clubbing them to death in the street ISN'T. (notice I said SUPPOSED.....I had to rotate through a humane society.....I saw things I didn't like there too.)

[msdolittle]

Originally Posted by fish_doc

Well they also eat them as meals. So why would they treat them any different than the cows in europe during the mad cow scare?

That's a very good point..... but, for the people keeping them as companions/pets/beloved family members, I can't imagine the pain they felt watching their pet be clubbed to death in the street. They'd have had to rip my dog from my cold lifeless hands before I'd let them take him.

[Baby_Baby]

If only we could do that with all the petifiles here in the U.S.
*sighs*
anyway, getting off topic. That is really sad and I dont think they had the right to just go out and decide to do that. There are better ways to deal with animal diseases.

[robyn]

i think it is disgusting 2 beat any living thing 2 death under any circumstance!!!! ANd 2 think they had the audacity 2 offer ppl money 2 kill their own dogs!!!! at least the humane society tries to make it less painful 4 the animals.

if sum1 tried 2 kill my dog, i would kill them 1st. my dog is like a child 2 me.

as far as the dog eating thing is, it is cultural. im not saying i think eating dogs is right, but ppl hav different beliefs and in other cultures, eating a pig or a cow may be strange, like eating dogs is 2 us.

And i think that even if they wanted 2 kill all those dogs, however silly the reason may b, there r beter ways 2 do it than 2 beat them 2 death!!!!!

[AshleytheGreat]

Originally Posted by Baby_Baby

If only we could do that with all the petifiles here in the U.S.
*sighs*

Oh Im sure they get a lot more hell in jail, how many inmates in there do you think HAVENT been taken advantage of when they were little.



China China China, come on this is the same place where they allow their kids to just do their business in the street.

[harif87]

Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported. Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said.

That alone shows that their actions were irrational. I mean these dogs that are being walked i would assume are domesticated. Even if that isnt the case, they see it more rational to kill 50,000 dogs than to vaccinate 50,000 dogs. I mean im not an extremist when it comes to animals but, dont you think it makes a little more sense to vaccinate them rather than beating them to death? Even if they dont care the slightest bit about the welfare of the animals, vacciantion requires less manual labor than BEATING fifty THOUSAND animal to death.

[fish_doc]

In China they also treat their people with the same lack of respect. That is why people literally beg to be slave labor over there. Many factories offer room and board in return they get employment. It is like prision. The doors are locked at night and they are let out during holidays to go visit their families.

During major construction projects even since the great wall the remains of workers that die are just added right into the foundation of the buildings, dams, and roads.

Any life, including humans have no value. Everything is for the greater good of the "community"

[harif87]

Then what is the point of the "community" if it does no good for the people? Ill never understand those commies!

[fish_doc]

I think "community" is actually a code name for whoever is the leader of China at the time. LOL

[AshleytheGreat]

Originally Posted by harif87

Even if they dont care the slightest bit about the welfare of the animals, vacciantion requires less manual labor than BEATING fifty THOUSAND animal to death.

hehe good point! But what if the dogs bite the humans then more rabies?

[robyn]

I think "community" is actually a code name for whoever is the leader of China at the time. LOL

i dont really know much about china's politics, but from what i understand they still partially communist. communism works in theory, but in practise it usually goes hay-wire. It doesnt benefit the ppl, only the person in power at the time.

[harif87]

Originally Posted by robyn

i dont really know much about china's politics, but from what i understand they still partially communist. communism works in theory, but in practise it usually goes hay-wire. It doesnt benefit the ppl, only the person in power at the time.

Hence the codeword "community"