“There are no evil dogs, only bad masters” Chinese Dog Lovers Outraged Over State’s Killing Policy
*China to implement "one dog" policy to combat rabies* A dog's life will never be quite the same again in Beijing, where government population controls are to extend from the bedroom to the kennel. Under a one-dog policy unveiled today, millions of families will be banned from providing company for their single children with more than one canine pet. It has triggered outrage, expressed largely online, from the growing cohort of dog lovers. Internet portals and chat sites in China have carried much discussion, as well as photographs and video, of the Hanzhong cull. China, a country that once denounced dog ownership as capitalist and bourgeois, there are now an estimated 30 million dogs kept as pets in urban areas, said Su Peng, the deputy secretary-general of the China National Kennel Club. While the country has wildlife protection laws on its books, China has no law in place for the protection of domestic animals. The measures have been introduced to control one of the worst outbreaks of rabies in recent memory. The ministry of health said rabies had overtaken tuberculosis and Aids as the country's most deadly disease, excluding the common cold. In the first nine months of this year, the country recorded 2,254 rabies cases, almost all fatal, up 30% on the same period in 2005. According to the Beijing Dog Supervision Office, 550,000 dogs are registered in the capital and another half a million are kept by owners who have not paid the 1,000 yuan (about £65) licence fee.. Read the full article on my blog http://anjalirao.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- *Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao* Chairperson, Indology Goa GIRIVAR, Opp.Dhempe College, Miramar Beach, Post-Caranzalem, City-Panaji, Goa 403002 INDIA Phone/Fax: 0091-832-2462195 Cellphone: 0091-9765974786 Apple iPhone: 0091-9823271968 http://www.facebook.com/dr.anjali.m.rao http://twitter.com/dranjalirao http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dr-anjali-mohan-rao/16/aa2/a09 http://anjalirao.blogspot.com/ " Keep three words in your pocket: TRY, TRUE, TRUST; TRY for better future, TRUE with your work, TRUST in yourself, then success is yours. "
