Aw: (CN)Your letter is wanted ASAP for a community confliction caused by stray cats over population problem in Hangzhou, China.

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Dear Jia,

 

please find enclosed the supporting letter of our organisation, the Kefalonia

Animal Trust, in Greece.

 

Best wishes for your campaign,

Diana Hartig

 

 

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Von: Jia Meng <uqjmeng

An: aapn

Datum: 20.11.2006 05:41

Betreff: (CN)Your letter is wanted ASAP for a community confliction

caused by stray cats over population problem in Hangzhou, China.

 

> Dear friend,

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>

>

> Recently, one member group of Chinese Companion Animal Protection Network

> (CCAPN, http://www.ccapn.ngo.cn) CatsZone (http://catszone.org/), a

> regional

> cats' protection organization got heavily involved into a well publicized

> local community confliction caused by stray cats over population problem in

> Hangzhou, China. Couple of month ago, there have been some stray cats over

> population problem in a residential community with the name of " WuLing

> Garden Apartments " . those people don't like strayed cats in this community

> complained to media in the name of all resident in WuLing Garden that,

> those

> strayed cats in the area cause flea and other sanitary problem in this

> area,

> and claim they want to kill all those cats to get ride of them. There have

> been cases those people who don't like cats maltreated those over populated

> cats.

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>

> After being informed of this story, CatsZone voluntary staff went to the

> residential area and start to communicate this problem with residents,

> CatsZone staff brought the idea that people should treat animal with

> respect

> and tell residents desex program can be used to solve this over population

> problem and cruelty towards animals should not be tolerant. Many media,

> such as TV media program, 'News 60 Mins', 'Entering today', and some

> newspapers, have interviewed CatsZone and reported this story. It becomes a

> hot topic in this area.

>

>

>

> Last week, the story goes into larger scale. With the help of CatsZone, 73

> residents composed a joint letter plea the rights of live for those tray

> cats. The letter is handed into local authority 2006-11-16. The letter say

> 'stray cats problem can not be handled by commit cruelty towards those cats

> and killing them, desex program should be used instead'. And 'people's

> attitudes towards those cats reflect the relationship between human animals

> and the nature, and determine the development of civilization in the city'.

> The whole letter emphasised one idea that 'human should co-exist with

> animals in harmony'. This article is published on 'Hangzhou daily' at the

> same day, it is a popular newspaper speaks a lot on behalf of local

> authority, not surprisingly, more reported and public discussion and

> debates

> follows this 73-joint-letter.

>

>

>

> The original report of joint letter by 73 residents in 'Hangzhou Dairly'

> online (in Chinese):

> http://hzdaily.hangzhou.com.cn/hzrb/html/2006-11/16/content_1491452.htm

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>

>

> What kind help we need now?

>

> * We need a supportive letter from you.

> * And forward this letter to those who maybe interested in it.

>

>

>

> Stories like this around community confliction caused by stray cats problem

> are common in many Chinese cities, CatsZone and CCAPN are interviewing by

> media on our opinion on cats' population control and other problem

> surrounded with this kind storie; in order to facilitate CatsZone and

> CCAPN's debate on humane cats control, we would like have a letter from you

> which present your opinion on these issues, we will put your letter into

> our

> suggestion book for this issue and gives to local media and authorities.

>

>

>

> Please put following information in your letter.

>

> 1. Your/your organizations' opinion on 73-joint-letter and CatsZone's

> work on this issue

> 2. Your/your organizations' opinion on the behaviours of maltreating

> and killing towards those over populated animals.

> 3. solution and suggestion You/your organization would like give to

> local residents, authority or related organizations on addressing this

> stray

> cats problem

> 4. any other information you feel important

>

> Your letter is appreciated and is extreme important for our animal

> protection work. a short letter will be sufficient because of the time

> frame

> of media report. Please send your letter by email ASAP. If you need further

> information please don't hesitate to contact me.

>

>

>

> Jia Meng

>

> Founder

>

> Chinese Companion Animals Protection Network

> j.meng

>

> http://www.ccapn.ngo.cn <http://www.ccapn.ngo.cn/>

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