More Than 30,000 Dogs Culled June 26, 2009 by
Freelance Writers A rabies outbreak involving 10 human cases, has prompted authorities
in China’s northwest Shaanxi Province to order a cull that has
already seen as many as 30,000 dogs brutally slaughtered on the streets
of Hanzhong and surrounding areas. This is one in 10 of the
city’s dogs and numbers are rising. The authorities have blindly
continued with the cull, despite receiving solid advice from
International and Chinese experts that culls do nothing to eradicate
rabies.
Despite best efforts, the dogs are still being brutally hunted down
by gangs of men and women wielding bloody sticks, metal hooks and
ropes, then heartlessly clubbed to death. Some of the killers are local
men, ordered by the authorities to help in the slaughter. Others are
taking part willingly, even laughing as they brutalise the dogs. Some
are cherished family pets, while others are strays that have already
suffered enough in their cruel, short lives on the streets.
The gutters are running with blood, rotting carcasses scatter
streets and waterways, but it’s the hands of the Hanzhong
authorities that are stained. The slaughtered dogs were on the streets
only because these people still refuse to act on the evidence before
their eyes – that the only way to manage stray-dog populations
(and therefore rabies and other diseases) is to implement broad
vaccination and trap, neuter, release (TNR) programmes.
Over the past two weeks, families have sobbed and fallen to their
knees as their beloved dogs were snatched from their arms, roughly
collared with rope and beaten to death before their eyes. Often the
dogs wag their tails once or twice and look up pathetically between
careless heavy blows to the face, head and spine. The dogs’ cries
are spine-chilling.
Some animal lovers have formed an organisation to lobby their local
authorities to adopt stray-dog management measures. Other
municipalities are listening. Just last month, Animals Asia –
along with other animal-welfare groups – was able to convince
officials in Hehei, Heilongjiang Province to abandon a similar cull.
Dawn Hawkins of Scissal added “ Animal Asia have done
wonderful work in China and are passionate about their work with the
animals and people they are trying to help. Scissal has supported
Animal Asia in the past and feel this is such a dire situation that
needs urgent help to assist their vital TNR programmes”.
For more information, go to
www.animalsasia.org :mad: :mad:
this country really makes me sick to my stomach if there not skinning animals alive they beat them to death with sticks. they dont deserve animals imo. i hope the next sunami wipes the whole country off the f**king map. god!!! it makes me so angry :wqq: :wqq: :wqq:
Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:35 pm by Lorz
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