ACT/ China's Slaughter Of Innocents: 50,000+ Dogs In 5 Days

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8/3/06--China’s Slaughter Of Innocents: 50,000+ Dogs In 5 Days

KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

Dog cull in China to fight rabies

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5233704.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/\

asia-pacific/5233704.stm

Chinese county culls 50,000 dogs in crackdown on rabies

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1835329,00.html>http://www.guardian.co\

..uk/china/story/0,,1835329,00.html

Chinese county massacres 50,000 dogs in campaign against rabies

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-01-china-dogs_x.htm>http://www.usat\

oday.com/news/health/2006-08-01-china-dogs_x.htm

Yunnan Dog Massacre, July 2006

<http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=3 & menupos=10 & submenupos=1 & lg=en>htt\

p://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=3 & menupos=10 & submenupos=1 & lg=en

China’s Culture of Cruelty

<http://www.peta.org/feat-china.asp>http://www.peta.org/feat-china.asp

CHINA PREPARES FOR 2008 OLYMPICS

<http://sirius.2kat.net/cixiguilin.html>http://sirius.2kat.net/cixiguilin.html

 

 

PHOTO: Only police and military dogs were spared

 

 

 

PHOTO: An official throws a dog that has been clubbed to death onto a

collection truck in Mouding. Photograph: AP

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION

SAMPLE LETTER FOLLOWS

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NOTE ABOUT EMAIL ADDRESSES:

Kinship Circle has spent the last 48 hours researching contact information

for Chinese government officials. This is very difficult information to

obtain in a closed, communist society. You do not need to report any emails

that may bounce. We have no control over outdated government websites OR

emails that are disabled due to the massive worldwide opposition to the

Yunnan dog slaughter.

 

If you feel very strongly about this issue, we have also provided as many

street addresses and fax numbers as we could find. If you wish to

investigate contact information on your own, this is a good starting point:

GOVERNMENT LINKS -

<http://www.china.org.cn/english/GS-e/138400.htm>http://www.china.org.cn/english\

/GS-e/138400.htm

 

CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Chinese Government’s Official Web Portal: english

National Government: govonline

Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China: webmaster

Xinhua News Agency: xhszbs

 

China Internet Information Center

[the authorized government portal site to China]

24 Baiwanzhuang Road

Beijing 100037, China

ph: 86-10-68996217; fax: 86-10-68997796

email: wandi, webmaster

web email feedback:

<http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/comments_e>http://service.china.org.cn/lin\

k/wcm/comments_e

SOURCE URL:

<http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm>http://www.china.org.cn/english/index\

..htm

 

The National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China

Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's

Congress of the People's Republic of China

No. 23, Xijiaominxiang

Xicheng District, Beijing 100805

The People's Republic of China

email: english

SOURCE URL:

<http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/english/home/contactUs.jsp>http://www.npc.gov.cn/zg\

rdw/english/home/contactUs.jsp

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Of The People’s Republic Of China

Mr. Li Zhaoxing, Minister of Foreign Affairs

No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie

Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701

ph: 86-10-65961114; email: webmaster

SOURCE URL: <http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/>http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/

 

Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China: emic

 

Ministry of Agriculture, People’s Republic of China: webmaster

 

Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China

email: zxc, manage, manage

SOURCE URL: <http://www.moh.gov.cn/>http://www.moh.gov.cn/

 

Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China

15 Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang District

Beijing 100025, China

ph: (8610) 6494 1107; email: szw, chinaculture

website: <http://www.chinaculture.org/>http://www.chinaculture.org/

 

China National Tourism Administration

9A Jianguomennei Ave., Beijing 100740, China

ph: (0086-10) 65201114; fax: (0086-10) 65122096

email: xhzhang, webmaster

website: <http://www.cnta.com>http://www.cnta.com

 

CHINA NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICES IN OTHER COUNTRIES:

<http://www.cnta.gov.cn/lyen/contact/contact.htm>http://www.cnta.gov.cn/lyen/con\

tact/contact.htm

 

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Guangxi Government: gzbtx

 

Chuxiong, Mouding County in the Province of Yunnan, China

webmaster

SOURCE URL: <http://www.eng.yn.gov.cn/>http://www.eng.yn.gov.cn/

 

Governor of Yunnan Province, Xu Rongkai

Government office address: Wuhuashan, Kunming

ph: 0871-362 1773

SOURCE URL:

<http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/ProvinceView/156484.htm>http://www.chi\

na.org.cn/english/features/ProvinceView/156484.htm

 

Press Division of Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan Province

ph: 0871-5311095; fax: 0871-5311987

International Press Center (IPC)

ph: (010) 6588-2585, 6588-2586; fax: (010) 6588-2594

email: ipc

 

Chuxiong Government Office

125, Lucheng South Road

Chuxiong, Yunnan

675000, People's Republic of China

 

CHINESE EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD

Chinese Embassy in the United States of America

His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong

2300 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.; Washington D.C. 20008

ph: 001-202-328-2500, 328-2551; fax: 001-202-328-2582, 202-745-7473

email: WEBMASTER, chinaembassy_us

SOURCE URLS:

<http://www.china-embassy.org,>http://www.china-embassy.org,

<http://us.china-embassy.org,>http://us.china-embassy.org,

h

ttp://us.chineseembassy.org,

<http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/2496/t14512.htm>http://www.fmprc.gov.\

cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/2496/t14512.htm

 

FOR CHINESE EMBASSIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TRY:

<http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm>http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/e\

ng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm

<http://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/embassy_list.htm>http://www.travelchina\

guide.com/embassy/embassy_list.htm

 

ALL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT:

english, govonline, webmaster,

xhszbs, wandi, webmaster,

english, webmaster, emic,

webmaster, zxc, manage,

manage, szw, chinaculture,

xhzhang, webmaster, gzbtx,

webmaster, ipc, WEBMASTER,

chinaembassy_us

 

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Dear Sir / Madam,

 

I am sickened by images of Chinese authorities bludgeoning dogs in a death

sweep of Chuxiong in Yunnan province. From July 25-30, more than 50,000 dogs

were viciously beaten, hung, electrocuted or poisoned. Some, companion

animals out walking with families, were forcibly taken and clubbed on the

spot. Others were defenseless strays, ambushed at night.

 

All were blameless victims of a flimsy heath care system, in which just 3

percent of dogs are inoculated against rabies and over 2,000 people succumb

to the disease annually. While I sympathize with the rise in dog bites and

deaths of three people in Mouding County, rabies is a very controllable

disease. Mass reactive culls have repeatedly proven incapable of curbing

stray populations and inhibiting rabies outbreaks. In fact, the primary

outcome of the five-day massacre in rural southwestern China is the loss of

government credibility among nationals and the world.

 

According to international news reports, county officials had originally

promised guardians the rough equivalent of 62 U.S. cents to kill their own

dogs. When this initiative failed, government death squads searched homes to

confiscate dogs people had hidden. I understand Public Security Bureau

officers stormed villages at night to corner barking dogs and beat them

until dead. Some were unregistered. Others were registered and even

vaccinated against rabies. Animals who tried to flee were trapped at

roadside checkpoints. Only police and military dogs escaped the carnage.

 

I implore Chinese officials to recognize the growing number of households

with companion animals. The Chinese Center of Disease Control estimates dogs

now live in 70 percent of rural homes. Yet a comparatively low 3 percent are

immunized against rabies. Rabies is largely preventable through an

interactive network of human health, animal health and municipal agencies.

Please establish a non-violent response that includes public access to

low-cost rabies treatment, humane education, and

“Spay/Neuter/Vaccinate/Release” programs to manage stray populations. Other

civilized nations that employ these methods report a significant reduction

in strays and the occurrence of rabies.

 

The world community will never forget the brutal eradication of some 50,546

dogs. We ask that you publicly condemn the blood of innocents in your

streets and fields. We ask government officials to revamp animal protection

laws and foster a culture of responsible guardianship, rabies prevention,

and humane animal control.

 

We urge you to make enforceable animal protection laws a priority before the

2008 Olympics in Beijing. Many travelers will not spend money in a country

that sanctions animal abuse. I understand a worldwide boycott of Chinese

tourism and products is underway. I intend to join that boycott until

Chinese authorities initiate momentous reforms for animals.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

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Remembering Shannon Moore

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