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Wrong on all counts. She'll use any excuse she can to applaud the killing of dogs. This does nothing to address the rabies problem."It's sad that it comes to this," [Ingrid Newkirk] said, "but for the dogs' sake, restricting people to one dog stops impulse acquisition, encourages better care and will reduce the numbers who are suffering on the streets."
Exactly.The Humane Society of the United States said the Chinese policy failed to address the underlying reason for the rabies crisis.
"The focus should be on rabies vaccination rather than a limitation on the number of dogs in a household," said Wayne Pacelle, the organization's president and chief executive. "Large-scale vaccination programs aimed at reducing and eradicating rabies programs do work in large nations."
In a hideously cruel response to an outbreak of rabies in late July, authorities in Mouding County in Southwest China ordered the killing of more than 50,000 dogs, including 4,000 who were immunized against the disease. Officials clubbed many animals to death in the street right before their guardians' eyes. Animals who were not beaten mercilessly died equally violent, gruesome deaths by poisoning or electrocution. Last week, the Chinese government issued orders to kill an additional 500,000 dogs. None of these beloved companions will have the benefit of a humane death, because there isn't a single law in China that prevents cruelty to animals.
China has a long history of cruelty and violence toward animals. In live-animal markets, animals-including dogs and cats-are skinned alive for their fur; merchants hack flesh from animals, piece by piece, until they finally bleed to death; and animals routinely suffer from broken limbs because they are thrown from the tops of transport trucks onto concrete floors.
Please demand that the Chinese government halt the planned slaughter of dogs and enact strict anti-cruelty laws immediately. PETA will collect these letters, and our president will personally present them to the Chinese government. Also, be sure to forward this alert to your friends and family members and ask them to speak up today.
Did you even see the link I posted???
I doubt that will ever happen.My understanding is PETA (Ingrid Newkirk) has a strong belief that if companion animals cannot live a quality life, they should be euthanized ( No no kill shelters?).
They want to work towards eliminating domesticated animals by slowly making them extinct by stopping all breeding.
they still strive for it. they are completly against keeping pets. I can see fish, reptiles, and small mammals, but dogs and cats enjoy our company.
Yes, assuming that they are one of the lucky ones that don't get neglected when the family has a baby or don't get killed when someone has an allergy or don't get killed because they lose a leg and the "owner" doesn't want to look at the dog or cat anymore.