How to help Dogs in China!

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Here is the contact to help those who need it. Please pass on. Let's together

stop the killing!

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What you can do

 

Help ACTAsia to save animals and promote animal protection in China. For the

sake of the thousands of dogs who will be inhumanely destroyed everyday if

nothing is done in Beijing, the millions who will suffer in the future, and the

humans who will have close companions torn away from them and tortured, we are

asking for your help.

 

Your individual efforts can make a difference for the animals in China.

 

1. Please write to newspapers and TV stations in your country telling them

about your concerns regarding the dog culling in Beijing.

2. Please also send a polite letter or email voicing your concerns to the

government and other authorities.

Send your emails to:

 

The president of Olympic 2008

Mr. Jacques Rogge

jacques.rogge

 

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later or use the following contactdetails:)

Chateau de Vidy

1007 Lausanne

Switzerland

Telephone: +4121 621 6111

Fax: +4121 621 6216

 

The Chinese Embassy

You can find the Chinese Embassy address in your country by visiting this

website:

www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/embassy_list.htm

 

Beijing Municipal City

Mayor Wang Qi Shan

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Head Office for Beijing Olympics 2008

President of Beijing Organising Committee of Olympic

Mr . Liu Qi

2008

 

Sample letter:

Dear Sir,

We have heard that the Beijing authorities, from 7th November, have started

entering people's homes - they can remove and destroy any dog that is a

'dangerous' or 'big' breed - their list includes Golden Retrievers, Collies and

Cocker Spaniels. Even licensed animals who fall into these categories are not

exempt - their licences will not be renewed. People who love their dogs are

being

forced to give up their cherished companions, or banish them to the

countryside.

Dogs are currently being destroyed inhumanely all over China, on the grounds

of rabies control. In July this year, over 55,000 dogs were killed within a

week in southern China after three cases of human rabies were reported. Methods

used for killing included electrocution, beating to death, poisoning and

strangulation.

It is admirable that Beijing is trying to enforce dog management policies to

solve issues such as dog bites, rabies and environmental pollution - however,

their inhumane and irrational methods are not going to improve the situation.

The Beijing authorities have made a direct connection between the size of a

dog and the danger it poses to humans. This does not appear to have any

supporting evidence, as many of the breeds on their list are not seen as

dangerous in

other parts of the world. Also, any large dog is supposedly a danger, which is

totally unscientific. As the host city of the 2008 Olympics, the negative

image created internationally by the November mass confiscation and killing in

Beijing should be taken into account.

We plead for the Beijing government to immediately end the current

confiscation of big dogs and to implement the following actions:

1. Amend the current list of dangerous breeds on a scientific basis;

2. Cancel height restrictions for licences;

3. Promote responsible dog ownership - most stray animals in Beijing are pets

who have been abandoned;

4. Follow WHO (World Health Organisation) guidelines to deal with rabies. WHO

has stated that mass destruction of dogs alone is not effective for rabies

control - a sustained mass dog vaccination campaign is the most effective

measure. Improving the quality of rabies vaccines would also make a big

difference;

5. Implement scientific and humane dog management policies to deal with stray

populations.

 

Yours sincerely