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| Chinese Dog Restrictions: Protest, Rabies |
| 2006-11-11 |
| Demonstrators angry at a crackdown on dogs staged a noisy protest in China's capital on Saturday, decrying police killings of dogs and new limits on pet ownership. About 200 police strung up tape to cordon off the roughly 500 demonstrators who waved signs and chanted near the entrance to the Beijing Zoo. Many clutched stuffed animals and wore buttons that said "Stop the indiscriminate killing." Police detained at least 18 demonstrators in nearby vans for several hours before releasing them, protesters said. Police declined comment. Touching off the demonstration were new restrictions that limit households to one dog and ban larger breeds. Police in recent days have gone through city neighborhoods, seizing unregistered dogs and beating some of them to death, witnesses said... ...Complaints about vicious dogs, barking and excrement-covered sidewalks prompted Beijing to impose height limits in 1995, banning dogs taller than 14 inches from the city center. Many cities have enacted similar measures. A sharp rise in rabies cases this year led to a renewed clampdown across China. State-run newspapers reported Saturday that 326 people died from rabies in October, again making it the leading cause of death among infectious diseases... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 China had the collective poop scared out of it during the SARS outbreak. In a very un-Chinese adaptation, they almost have a death penalty now for mis-reporting infectious disease information. They are taking avian flu extremely seriously, and have deployed world-class contamination control teams several times in outbreak areas. Physicians can be real motivators at times, even to the most intransigent of politicians. And judging from the world response so far, a lot of doctors have been putting the fear of god into a lot of politicians. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-11 18:45 |
| #1 State-run newspapers reported Saturday that 326 people died from rabies in October, again making it the leading cause of death among infectious diseases... If you say so. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-11 16:34 |