Hunde skydes i Beijing {{forumTopicSubject}}

Fandt det her topic på mit board idag. Det er ganske forfærdeligt at der tages sådanne metoder i brug - hvem kan dog få sig selv til at gøre så frygtelige gerninger imod en stakkels hund?!
Der er kopieret direkte fra topic'et, så det hele er på engelsk - Advarsel, stærke billeder i videolinket.

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In preparation for the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in 2008, China has decided that it is time to tackle the problem of stray dogs. Due to fears of rabies, these animals are not generally eaten and have become widespread in some cities. Instead of introducing a plan of spay and neuter as has been done in many more civilised countries, the Chinese solution is far more immediate and, not surprisingly, brutal. Many photos on this page were taken in Cixi between 10th and 16th October 2004 where an unverified estimate of 40,000 dogs were slaughtered. The rest were taken in other Chinese cities through 2005 and 2006.

Long poles with a wire loop at one end are used by dog-wardens throughout the world as an efficient and safe method of catching dogs. But this is China and this device is put to a particularly Chinese use........

Here the operation is performed by a two man team. While one man holds the dog helpless with his pole, his partner beats it to death with his.

Not only is this done legally, but these men (police and volunteers) are paid a bounty by the local authorities for every dog they kill. All of which lends serious doubt to China's claimed intention to introduce animal welfare legislation.

These bands of killers roam the city streets slaughtering any dogs they find. Pet dog ownership is not encouraged in China, due both to the Chinese obsession with eating anything that moves, and to Mao Tse Tung's declaration of them to be a symbol of the bourgeoisie. The compulsory registration does not protect the animal either. Any dog found on the street is immediately killed, sometimes having been torn from the arms of their owners.

This has been repeated in other cities, with the blessing and encouragement of the national government.

Similar "cleansing operations" have been carried out in the city of Guilin in Guangxi Province in December 2004, in Guangzhou city in September 2005, in Mouding county in Yunnan Province in July 2006, in Jining the provincial capital of Shandong province in August 2006, and in Beijing itself in November 2006. There may well be others of which we are unaware.

On 13th December 2006 the South China Morning Post reported that Chinese President Hu Jintao had intervened to halt the killings, implying that this was a result of international media coverage and emails/letters/petitions from both within and outside China.

The horror may not have been held in abeyance for long, however. At the beginning of March 2007, it was reported that the people of Chongqing had been given until 15th March to kill their dogs themselves, after which date their pets would be at the tender mercies of the state. On the 16th this decree was apparently amended to only apply to unvaccinated and/or stray dogs, for the time being at least.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R6g904ih4aw