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Chinese county kills 50,000 dogs
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:05:32 GMT, chico chupacabra wrote:
Goo wrote: Chinese county culls 50,000 dogs Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Posted: 0436 GMT (1236 HKT) SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- A county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered campaign following the deaths of three local people from rabies, official media reported on Tuesday. 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 to death on the spot, it said. Other killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then homing in on their prey. About 360 of the county's 200,000 residents suffered dog bites this year, with three reported deaths, including a 4-year-old girl, the report said. "With the aim to keep this horrible disease from people, we decided to kill the dogs," Li Haibo, a spokesman for the county government was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency. Calls to county government offices rang unanswered on Tuesday. China has suffered a major rise in the number of rabies cases in recent years, with 2,651 reported deaths from the disease in 2004, the last year for which data was available, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts have tied the rise in cases in part to a major increase in dog ownership, particularly in rural areas where about 70 percent of households keep dogs. However, rates of rabies vaccination remain extremely low at only about 3 percent, according to the center. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/as....ap/index.html In the circumstance, it was probably the right thing to do, although I don't know about beating dogs to death right on the street. Not all 54,429 (that precise figure according to the Shanghai Daily) dogs were clubbed on the street in broad daylight even though that part of it gets the biggest mention in news accounts. From other news accounts, most were euthanized with drugs or hanged after owners refused to kill their own dogs. Authorities first encouraged dog owners to kill their own pets, offering a 5 yuan incentive (62 US cents), and then sent in the task force to finish those that escaped the first-round slaughter. The midnight raids were carried out by the task force officers. According to Chinese media reports, several methods were used to kill the dogs, including clubbing, hanging, electrocution and drugs. Although most villagers said they understood the necessity for campaign, others thought it was brutal - and unnecessary. About 4,000 dogs in the county had been vaccinated against rabies. A local veterinary authority official surnamed Liang explained that only 85 percent of the vaccinations would be effective, however. "With the aim to keep this horrible disease from people, we decided to kill the dogs," Xinhua news agency quoted Li Haibo, spokesman for the county government, as saying. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_654307_2.htm Shanghai Daily article: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/200...rol_rabies.htm The scale of the cull may seem grand even in the context of a rabies outbreak, and the clubbing reports seem barbaric in our culture, but we euthanize 4-6 million cats and dogs every year (according to the Humane Society) in the US simply because they're unwanted. Which shows clearly the dishonesty behind the "ar" claims that "ar" would provide livestock with decent lives until they die of natural causes, and the even *more* contemptibly dishonest claim that they would be set free. Neither would happen, showing again that "ar" is a very dishonest mi$nomer in regards to domestic animals. |
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Chinese county kills 50,000 dogs
****wit David Harrison, *clueless* ignorant lying
goober cracker, cluelessly lied: On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:05:32 GMT, chico chupacabra wrote: Leif Erikson, explorer, wrote: Chinese county culls 50,000 dogs Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Posted: 0436 GMT (1236 HKT) SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- A county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered campaign following the deaths of three local people from rabies, official media reported on Tuesday. 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 to death on the spot, it said. Other killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then homing in on their prey. About 360 of the county's 200,000 residents suffered dog bites this year, with three reported deaths, including a 4-year-old girl, the report said. "With the aim to keep this horrible disease from people, we decided to kill the dogs," Li Haibo, a spokesman for the county government was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency. Calls to county government offices rang unanswered on Tuesday. China has suffered a major rise in the number of rabies cases in recent years, with 2,651 reported deaths from the disease in 2004, the last year for which data was available, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts have tied the rise in cases in part to a major increase in dog ownership, particularly in rural areas where about 70 percent of households keep dogs. However, rates of rabies vaccination remain extremely low at only about 3 percent, according to the center. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/as....ap/index.html In the circumstance, it was probably the right thing to do, although I don't know about beating dogs to death right on the street. Not all 54,429 (that precise figure according to the Shanghai Daily) dogs were clubbed on the street in broad daylight even though that part of it gets the biggest mention in news accounts. From other news accounts, most were euthanized with drugs or hanged after owners refused to kill their own dogs. Authorities first encouraged dog owners to kill their own pets, offering a 5 yuan incentive (62 US cents), and then sent in the task force to finish those that escaped the first-round slaughter. The midnight raids were carried out by the task force officers. According to Chinese media reports, several methods were used to kill the dogs, including clubbing, hanging, electrocution and drugs. Although most villagers said they understood the necessity for campaign, others thought it was brutal - and unnecessary. About 4,000 dogs in the county had been vaccinated against rabies. A local veterinary authority official surnamed Liang explained that only 85 percent of the vaccinations would be effective, however. "With the aim to keep this horrible disease from people, we decided to kill the dogs," Xinhua news agency quoted Li Haibo, spokesman for the county government, as saying. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_654307_2.htm Shanghai Daily article: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/200...rol_rabies.htm The scale of the cull may seem grand even in the context of a rabies outbreak, and the clubbing reports seem barbaric in our culture, but we euthanize 4-6 million cats and dogs every year (according to the Humane Society) in the US simply because they're unwanted. Which shows clearly the dishonesty behind the "ar" claims that "ar" would provide livestock with decent lives It shows no such thing. |
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Chinese county kills 50,000 dogs
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 Goo wrote:
dh pointed out: On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:05:32 GMT, chico chupacabra wrote: we euthanize 4-6 million cats and dogs every year (according to the Humane Society) in the US simply because they're unwanted. Which shows clearly the dishonesty behind the "ar" claims that "ar" would provide livestock with decent lives until they die of natural causes, and the even *more* contemptibly dishonest claim that they would be set free. Neither would happen, showing again that "ar" is a very dishonest mi$nomer in regards to domestic animals. It shows no such thing. LOL. Of course it does Goo, and all of the following show it even *more* clearly: __________________________________________________ _______ [...] WAVY-TV's coverage in Norfolk included heartbreaking details from the manager of the supermarket whose dumpster became an impromptu pet cemetery. "They just slung the doors [open] and started throwing dogs .... beautiful cats. I saw a [dead] beagle last week that was pregnant ... last week it was 23 or 24 dogs ... it's happened to us nine times ... they drove straight from there, straight here, and disposed of the dogs in 30 seconds." Authorities told WNCT-TV in Greenville, NC that they've discovered more than 70 dead animals in the last month that may be connected to PETA. [...] http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_...?headline=2833 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ [...] The photos show the inside of PETA's van; the tackle-box "death kit" (complete with syringes and lethal drugs); the trash dumpster where the dead animals were found; and several animals buried the next morning by local authorities. [...] http://www.petakillsanimals.com/petaTrial2.cfm ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ From July 1998 through the end of 2003, PETA killed over 10,000 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals" -- at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. That's more than five defenseless animals every day. Not counting the dogs and cats PETA spayed and neutered, the group put to death over 85 percent of the animals it took in during 2003 alone. And its angel-of-death pattern shows no sign of changing. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/petaKillsAnimals.cfm ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ [...] According to the Associated Press (AP) PETA killed 1325 dogs and cats in Norfolk last year. That was more than half the number of animals is took in during that period. According to Virginian-Pilot Reporter, Kerry Dougherty, the execution rate at PETA's "shelter" far exceeds that of the local Norfolk SPCA shelter where only a third of animals taken in are "put down." [...] http://www.iwmc.org/newsletter/2000/2000-08g.htm ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ [...] In a July 2000 Associated Press story, reporter Matthew Barakat described government reports showing that PETA itself killed 1,325 -- or 63 percent -- of the dogs and cats entrusted to it in 1999. The state of Virginia expected those animals to be placed in adoptive homes. Only 386 of them ever were. [...] http://www.nfss.org/Legis/Peta-AA/pet-4.html ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ Web posted Friday, April 27, 2001 State Veterinarian, PETA Head Differ On Outbreak [...] On Thursday, Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, renewed her claim that an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States would benefit herds by sparing them from a tortured existence and the slaughterhouse. A PETA spokesman said it's inconceivable that anyone would fail to see the sense of Newkirk's statements, which have rankled politicians and livestock farmers from Texas to Canada. [...] In a telephone interview from Richmond, Va., Newkirk reiterated her hope that foot-and-mouth -- which has ravaged herds in Europe -- reaches U.S. shores. ''It's a peculiar and disturbing thing to say, but it would be less than truthful if I pretended otherwise,'' she said. People would be better off without meat because it is tied to a host of ailments, Newkirk said. And animals would benefit because the current means of raising and slaughtering livestock are ''grotesquely cruel from start to finish.'' [...] http://www.pressanddakotan.com/stori...427010026.html ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ __________________________________________________ _______ "I would go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself. Because I couldn't stand to let them go through other workers abusing the animals. I must have killed thousands of them, sometimes dozens everyday." -- Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, The New Yorker, April 14, 2003 "We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time for the kind of animals people are looking for. Our service is to provide a peaceful and painless death to animals who no one wants." -- Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, The Virginian-Pilot, July 20, 2005 http://www.targetofopportunity.com/peta.htm ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ |
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Chinese county kills 50,000 dogs
Wait a minute... is this Tokyo Dave??? *waves*
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