SHANGHAI, China - China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually pointed criticism in state media Tuesday and an outcry from animal rights activists.
Health experts said the brutal policy pointed to deep weaknesses in the health care infrastructure in China, where only 3 percent of dogs are vaccinated against rabies and more than 2,000 people die of the disease each year.
The five-day slaughter in Mouding county in Yunnan province in southwestern China ended Sunday and spared only military guard dogs and police canine units, state media reported.
Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported. Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said.
Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in, they said.
Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot
Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in
That's ... I don't know. I'm not articulate enough to capture the feelings of disgust and horror at the thought. I'm torn between wanting to cry and wanting to vomit.
I understand the reasoning behind it, but as a dog owner I don't think any amount of money could make voluntarily kill a healthy, happy dog. Especially my own.
You understand the reasoning of it and im the one whos thought of as a retard here? Its brutality from a brutal leader in a very nice place3 to live. I hope we keep having shitty rulers and our country is just like that one day.
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You understand the reasoning of it and im the one whos thought of as a retard here?
If I am reading you correctly, you are calling me retarted for trying to understand and view this issue through the eyes of the people living it?
I understand that if rabies is allowed to run rampant it could create serious problems, and that the people there are scared, and feel they are doing what is necessary to survive. I can see this point of view. I do not like it, and it sickens me, but different cultures react different ways. Dogs are cherished pets in the United States, thought of as friends and companions, but it is not so in other countries. So what can you do? Go blow up their country because they handle things a different way than yours does? Guess that was the line of reasoning behind so many other wars, so why the hell not, right?
Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot
Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in
That's ... I don't know. I'm not articulate enough to capture the feelings of disgust and horror at the thought. I'm torn between wanting to cry and wanting to vomit.
I understand the reasoning behind it, but as a dog owner I don't think any amount of money could make voluntarily kill a healthy, happy dog. Especially my own.
my thoughts exactly, only i lean more towards
saddest thing i've read in a long time... i wouldn't have read it, but i thought it'd have to do with a cartoon protest or some graffiti or something stupid.
leah wrote: i wouldn't have read it, but i thought it'd have to do with a cartoon protest or some graffiti or something stupid.
Sorry about that. Although I was disgusted and my sentiments echo the other posts in this thread, it's unfortunately in my nature to put a tasteless twist on things despite my real thoughts. I certainly didn't intend to ruin anyone's day.
No, dogs are better because they *are* indeed shitbrained.
Cats are not pets. They do not need you. They can fend for themselves.
Dogs need you to feed them, to walk them, etc. That's what a pet is.
