HELP!!! DOGS IN CHINA

Errr...who cares?

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> Officials in the eastern city of Jining said Thursday they would kill all
> dogs within three miles of areas where rabies had been found, the official
> Xinhua News Agency said.
>
> The measure came in response to the deaths of 16 people from rabies in
> Jining in the last eight months, Xinhua said. It didn't say when the cull
> would begin or how the animals would be killed. It said the city had about
> 500,000 dogs.
>
> Rabies cases are on the rise in China, with more than 2,000 people dying
> from the disease each year. Only 3 percent of the country's dogs are
> vaccinated against rabies.
>
> Last week, a county in southwestern Yunnan province killed 50,000 dogs
> after three people died of rabies. The massacre provoked unusually pointed
> criticism in state media, while the activist group People For the Ethical
> Treatment of Animals called for a boycott of Chinese products.
>
> Other slaughters have been reported elsewhere in China this year, although
> the government says it has no standard policy of destroying dogs.
>
> "I think this is completely insane," Zhang Luping, founder of the Beijing
> Human and Animal Environmental Education Center, said Friday in response
> to Jining's announcement.
>
> "What's more, this really damages our national image and sets a really bad
> example to show how lazy and inconsiderate those local government
> officials are," Zhang said.
>
> Zhang said there were no laws under which citizens could stop the
> killings, but said she and other animal protection activists were reaching
> out through the media to try to change policy.
>
> "I think this brutal and cold-blooded campaign should stop as soon as
> possible," Zhang said.
>
> People answering phones at Jining's city government and epidemic control
> center refused to comment or said they weren't authorized to release
> information to media.
>
> The World Health Organization has not directly criticized the slaughters,
> but WHO experts have said they underscore a lack of coordination and other
> problems with China's health care system.
>
> The killings have prompted widespread commentary in state media and online
> forums, with opinions strong divided.
>
> Rabies attacks the nervous system. In humans, it normally results in death
> within a week after symptoms develop.
>
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> This picture outs tears in your eye...:'(:'(
>
> http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...02125009990013
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> http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...02125509990029
>
> http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...02125309990002
>
> http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_phot...02125409990021
>
> Officials in the eastern city of Jining said Thursday they would kill all
> dogs within three miles of areas where rabies had been found, the official
> Xinhua News Agency said.
>
> The measure came in response to the deaths of 16 people from rabies in
> Jining in the last eight months, Xinhua said. It didn't say when the cull
> would begin or how the animals would be killed. It said the city had about
> 500,000 dogs.
>
> Rabies cases are on the rise in China, with more than 2,000 people dying
> from the disease each year. Only 3 percent of the country's dogs are
> vaccinated against rabies.
>
> Last week, a county in southwestern Yunnan province killed 50,000 dogs
> after three people died of rabies. The massacre provoked unusually pointed
> criticism in state media, while the activist group People For the Ethical
> Treatment of Animals called for a boycott of Chinese products.
>
> Other slaughters have been reported elsewhere in China this year, although
> the government says it has no standard policy of destroying dogs.
>
> "I think this is completely insane," Zhang Luping, founder of the Beijing
> Human and Animal Environmental Education Center, said Friday in response
> to Jining's announcement.
>
> "What's more, this really damages our national image and sets a really bad
> example to show how lazy and inconsiderate those local government
> officials are," Zhang said.
>
> Zhang said there were no laws under which citizens could stop the
> killings, but said she and other animal protection activists were reaching
> out through the media to try to change policy.
>
> "I think this brutal and cold-blooded campaign should stop as soon as
> possible," Zhang said.
>
> People answering phones at Jining's city government and epidemic control
> center refused to comment or said they weren't authorized to release
> information to media.
>
> The World Health Organization has not directly criticized the slaughters,
> but WHO experts have said they underscore a lack of coordination and other
> problems with China's health care system.
>
> The killings have prompted widespread commentary in state media and online
> forums, with opinions strong divided.
>
> Rabies attacks the nervous system. In humans, it normally results in death
> within a week after symptoms develop.
>
> http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a...90001?cid=2194
>
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