Chinese County Massacres 50,000 Dogs in Campaign Against Rabies

[Union Label]

There had to be better way to stop rabies than this cruelty. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2259822

[Taxloss]

1. Were they pit bulls?

:popcorn:

[Union Label]

2. They were everything except police and military dogs

The five-day massacre in Yunnan province's Mouding county spared only military guard dogs and police canine units, the Shanghai Daily reported, citing local media.

Dogs being walked were taken from their owners and beaten on the spot, the newspaper said. Other killing teams entered villages at night, creating noise to get dogs barking, then honing in and beating them to death.

[Taxloss]

3. Blimey. Pretty effin' ruthless! n/t

[Sherman A1]

4. Yeah,

heard it on BBC radio early this AM on the way to work. Great bunch of guys they are, killing every dog in the county.

[Hekate]

5. Never ceases to amaze me, but this seems to be the Chinese way...

...of dealing with threat -- pretty much "kill 'em all and let the gods sort them out."

(musing here) Do you think Bush is aware of this? Because if he decides to kick over that particular anthill...

Hekate

[David Dunham]

6. Sick.

[Union Label]

7. I wouldn't put it past the people that did this

If they got the idea from a repuke handbook. But never-less this really disturbs me :scared:, I'm going to go hug me dog and cats. :hug:

[Disturbed]

8. Can a dog with rabies be eaten?

Just curious.

[Union Label]

9. I don't think so

But I will digress to any more learned members on this matter.

[Selatius]

10. The Chinese gov't has done the same thing with drug addicts and dealers

They round them up and kill them both. In their minds, they're addressing the supply and the demand side of the equation.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. That is fucking sick and horrifying.

Of course, it seems a significant amount of people would have approved provided they were all pit bulls.