PETA: China Dog Massacre a Disgrace

Calling for a strong consumer action against China is like saying yell at the grocery store manager for selling groceries. But what choice do Chinese officials leave us when they viciously beat to death 50,000 dogs? A nation that can murder its most vulnerable inhabitants in this way deserves international censure and a loss in trade dollars from the countries it relies upon to buy its exports.

The massacre took place in late July in the Mouding County in southwest China following an outbreak of rabies. Rather than assessing the situation and dealing with the problem responsibly by, say, implementing a dog vaccination program, authorities ordered the slaughter of all dogs, even those who have never put a paw outside a door. Not by injection of a barbiturate, which, while reprehensible, would at least have been painless if done correctly. Instead, officials wielding heavy clubs stormed through the streets and bashed the dogs’ heads in while China’s next generation, the children, watched. A person’s arm gets tired doing all that beating, so, inevitably, many dogs died slowly, cowering in fear and pain as the blows rained down....

Source: China Dog Massacre a Disgrace
Author: Ingrid E. Newkirk

Link: Stop Brutal Dog Culls in China


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