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Post by PamIsMe on Sept 9, 2014 13:28:22 GMT -6
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities killed almost 5,000 dogs in one city after blaming five human deaths on rabies, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
The city of Baoshan in southwestern Yunnan province killed 4,900 dogs and vaccinated another 100,000 in its anti-rabies campaign, Xinhua said. The city issued an urgent order calling for authorities to tightly regulate dogs and kill stray ones.
Chinese governments often order such widespread dog culls or ban dog ownership to control the spread of rabies. That has sparked outcry from some dog owners and animal rights activists who call for sterilizing and vaccinating dogs rather than killing them.
In 2009, authorities in the northern city of Hanzhong reportedly killed about 37,000 dogs after a rabies outbreak, including clubbing some of the animals to death.
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Post by Jarhead620 on Sept 9, 2014 15:55:02 GMT -6
No problem so long as they don't let any of the meat go to waste.
Jarhead
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Post by PamIsMe on Sept 9, 2014 17:46:51 GMT -6
 LOL Pam
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 10, 2014 5:17:12 GMT -6
There you go PETA a hotbed of activity for you  Wonder how much they will spend in china over this?.............. We all know the answer don't we, |
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Post by PamIsMe on Sept 10, 2014 12:18:18 GMT -6
In China if PETA held protests no doubt they'd either go to prison for life or be shot.
If 5 humans died of rabies in one city here, there'd be a lot of dead dogs too.
Pam
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 10, 2014 15:23:37 GMT -6
I don't think so Pam we would be trying to treat them not kill them due to a change in our socity and what people think of mass culling for any purpose when it comes to animals.
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Post by bblwi on Sept 10, 2014 20:56:41 GMT -6
Treating rabid dogs? I doubt that very much. If you want to see lots and lots of rabid dogs travel in the slums of Mexico City. They are all over the place.
That is another thing we could do to make dog owners more responsible. They could be fined for owning a dog that carries rabies as there is a way to prevent the disease in a canine.
Bryce
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Post by PamIsMe on Sept 10, 2014 23:39:21 GMT -6
"..we would be trying to treat them not kill them "
Even if there was a cure for rabies in an animal, there isn't for people and I think parents would value their kids more than their own or any stray dogs if push came to shove. At least I HOPE they would.
Pam
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Post by mattduncan on Sept 16, 2014 21:22:47 GMT -6
You must vaccinate your pets here by law , we have steadily decreased rabies in ontario every year
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Post by PamIsMe on Sept 16, 2014 22:48:16 GMT -6
"Most" states, counties and/or municipalities have rabies vaccination laws here too. Some have "medical exceptions" for the dog if it's sick, allergic to the vaccine, or is being treated for something that it would interfere with. I think there may be a lot of unvaccinated dogs around, it's darn expensive to go to the vet these days. Just one of the reasons we don't have a dog anymore.
When the Beav trapped down south he was told if he caught a dog or even saw one that didn't have a collar just to shoot it. They have packs of dogs running wild all over, it's a real problem. People can't take care of them so just let them go. I don't know that he ever did shoot one, but he did get chased to his truck by a pack of 4 nasty snapping dogs that came running at him across a field. They even jumped up on the truck door to get to him. He didn't know he could still run that fast. lol
Pam
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Post by mattduncan on Sept 17, 2014 6:58:38 GMT -6
It costs 80-100 bucks a dog here , and now is good for 3 years
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