Fwd: Dog owners upset over canine crackdown

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This is the reply I received regarding the recent canine crackdown.

 

 

> Subj: RE: Dog owners upset over canine crackdown

> Date:11/1/2006 1:25:36 PM Eastern Standard Time

> jbrown

> To:MailPV1

> Received from Internet:

>

Dear Patricia,

 

Thanks again for contacting the WSPA about this situation in China. WSPA

> has received numerous e-mails about this issue from compassionate people

> such as yourself, and we are currently investigating the situation and

> potential WSPA involvement. We are currently in the process of getting in

contact

> with numerous groups, including animal welfare groups in China, other

> international animal groups, the World Health Organization, and the Chinese

embassy in

> London.

> From what we can tell so far, Beijing is going to be implementing a 2-month

> campaign to register and vaccinate dogs, which you can read about at

> http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/185885.htm. However, we have seen no

> evidence that another dog cull is taking place in Beijing, and many of the

photos

> currently being circulated may very well be from the previous dog cull that

> took place in July 2006 (see

> http://www.wspa-usa.org/pages/1672_dog_cull_inhumane_ineffective_update.cfm) .

The campaign to register and vaccinate dogs is a

> much more humane method of rabies control, and WSPA will be monitoring how

> the government puts this campaign into action, as well as continuing to be in

> contact with relevant authorities.

>

> Thanks again for your concern, and I hope this information is helpful.

> Please feel free to contact me again if you have any additional questions or

> concerns.

>

> Kind Regards,

>

> Jennifer Brown

> Supporter Liaison

> WSPA USA

> 34 Deloss Street

> Framingham, MA 01702

> Tel # 1800-883-9772

> Fax # 508-620-0786

> Direct # 508-879-8350, ext.#31

> Email: jbrown

> Web Site: www.wspa-usa.org

>

>

>

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>> MailPV1 [MailPV1]

>> Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:46 PM

>> sedwards; Jennifer Brown; info; hsi

>> Fwd: Dog owners upset over canine crackdown

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>>

>> Good evening:

>>

>> Are you aware of the possible next killings of stray and unvaccinated dogs

>> in South China, which this article talks about? I thought that by now some

>> progress would have been made after so much public attention and help from

>> organizations such as yours. Could HSUS, HSI, WSPA and/or PETA help educate

>> the Chinese government and pet owners find humane ways to control rabies

>> disease?

>>

>> Thank you for you attention on this important matter and for all you do to

>> help the defenseless.

>>

>> Patricia Vargas

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