BBC: Dog cull in China to fight rabies

[Eugene]

Last Updated: Tuesday, 1 August 2006, 06:12 GMT 07:12 UK

Dog cull in China to fight rabies
By Quentin Sommerville
BBC News, Shanghai

A county in south-west China has ordered all 50,546 dogs to be killed
to fight a rabies outbreak which has killed three people, state media says.

It has taken five days, but authorities in Mouding County in south-west China
say they have killed almost all of the 50,000 dogs in the area.

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However, even the 4,000 dogs that had been immunised against rabies were put
to death in case the immunisations were not effective.

Roadside checkpoints were set up to ensure that no dogs escaped. Only police
and military dogs have been spared.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5233704.stm

[Cocoa]

1. do they have pit bulls in China?

:popcorn:

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. They are culling pitbulls in Kansas City, Ks and it is too sad.

Most of those haven't done anything to anyone. There big sin was to be born.

Stupid people who wanted vicious dogs have cause enormous pain to people in that community.

[Virginia Dare]

2. China is not a good place to be a dog....

or any other living thing for that matter.

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. That is exactly how I feel about China.

I guess if they treat their peasants the way they do one can't expect much protection for the animals.

Then there are the places that raise dogs for their skins - that is my personal favorit.

This tuff absolutely makes me sick to my sstomach. And I would never in a million years support that country in any way.

[BonnieJW]

5. But you support China in every way

every time you make a purchase. Just about all the hard goods in this country come from China and unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do about it unless you don't want to buy anything. Try finding products that are made in the USA. It's a challenge.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I try not to buy Chinese goods - but you are correct - it 's hard.

Just about everything I look at is made in China.

[Virginia Dare]

8. Yes, we as a society have let it become that way...

and for the most part it is the government and particularly the military that profits from U.S. consumerism, not the people.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. But then Britain has no room to talk - they had the guy who killed

10,000 greyhounds and buried them on his property - $15 a dog. And apparently it is not even against the law in Britain.

(I'm sure we have guys here that do the same thing with greyhounds - and just keep it quiet).