China Massive Dog Massacre begins at November 7, 2006

On August 8, 2006, The Humane Society of the United States offered $100,000 to the government of China to establish an effective rabies control program in certain southern provinces in the country, conditional upon the government's termination of its mass dog killing programs and its acceptance of assistance to develop a humane and effective rabies control program. The offer comes in response to the clubbing and killing of more than 50,000 dogs in the Yunnan Province and the prospect of the expansion of the program into other provinces and regions in China. The HSUS sharply criticized the killings in a letter to Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, and offered the organization's help to develop a more effective and humane response to rabies cases....

Now, in spite of all this, from November 7, 2006, the Beijing Municipal government will also start this massive dog killing campaign. Before that date, the Sino-African Beijing Summit will be held, thus, the Beijing municipal government is reluctant to distract the police power from the summit. It is hard to estimate how many dogs will be killed this time in this campaign.....

Source: China Massive Dog Massacre begins at November 7, 2006
Author: Care2

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