Urge Beijing to Protect the Domestic Animals
- by: Carolyn Mullin, No More Homeless Animals
- recipient: Wang Qishan, Mayor, Beijing Municipal Government
Recently in the news we learned that Beijing is to designate special organization to shelter homeless animals and "though many people in China
continue to see dog meat as a delicacy, some of their peers have begun to accept
the idea of animal welfare.
A group of animal welfare organisations will be designated to house stray animals in
the nation's capital, according to sources with the Beijing Agriculture Bureau.
Negotiations are under way between the bureau and related city government
departments on the issue." link
owners and animals in danger. Animal shelters in Beijing should provide food,
drinking water and vet services for the animals they accomodate, and should take
measures to prevent the animals from being injured, harrassed and abused.
Officials with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)said that
there are about a dozen animal shelters in Beijing, with most of them operating
in an overloaded manner. An animal shelter in Xiaotangshan, on the city's
outskirts, alone has accomodated approximately 500 stray animals, a number
already far beyond its capacity." link
Is it any coincidence that the Olympics will be in 2008 and it's time
to clean the city of the homeless animals? We've seen this happen already in Athens, Greece in 2004.
(A vendor sells dogs dressed in
Chinese style clothing at a dog market in Tongxian, a suburb of Beijing,
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. The three-month-old puppies were selling for 1200
Yuan (US$145.00) each. According to state media reports, one in 10 Beijing
families keeps a pet - despite high annual registration fees and
restrictions on when they can be walked in the streets.
[AP])
Is it any coincidence that "The City of Beijing has passed an unfair law outlawing all dogs
over 35cm (13.7 inches) tall, effective June 11th. On that day, police
will be officially authorized to enter guardians' homes and confiscate
their beloved companions. Because Beijing sets national trends, this
new law will likely spread to other urban areas, threatening millions
of dogs across the country." (IDA)
"As a great national capital and world-class city, Beijing must be a leader in creating laws for people's benefit. The international community is concerned about this unfair law to take people's dogs away, even when they have done no harm. Please implement humane regulations that will effectively protect both people and animal companions." (IDA)
The City of Beijing should pass regulations holding individual guardians accountable for the behavior of their dogs, regardless of the dogs' breed or size. This is the best way to keep both people and animals safe, and how the most progressive cities in the world are handling human-animal relations.
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