FW: Online petition against using cats and dogs for food among Chinese communities collected 10,000 signatures in one month

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Around the 25 of Feb 2007, Chinese Companion Animals Protection Network

(CCAPN) formally launched an anti-consumption petition online. It is in

response of the story that 400 cats in Tianjing was discovered being kept in

terrible condition and waiting for slaughter for food early this year, it is

also a part of CCAPN's anti-consumption campaign of 2007. This petition aims

to reduce cats and dogs consumption market in Chinese Communities. It asks

people sign the petition to show their willingness of avoiding eat cats and

dogs meat in the future. We invited 14 other group to join this petition and

declared their objection to using cats and dogs for food. By the 25 of March

2007, this petition has collected more than 10,000 signatures; the number of

request for CCAPN anti-consumption leaflets through participating this

petition also reaches 10,000. If search the different versions Chinese title

of this petition in Google, more than 100,000 relevant pages returns.

Meanwhile, offline events organized by petition supporters are preparing in

many Chinese cities.

 

The address of this petition: http://www.ccapn.ngo.cn/acpetition.php

 

CCAPNs founded in 2004, it is a cooperation network which is consisted of

active companion animal protection groups within Chinese communities.

Companion Animal protection groups exchange resources and information within

the network. By April 1st 2007, CCAPN links to 35 member groups within

Chinese Communities. CCAPN supervise and support the animal protection work

of our member groups.

 

Jia Meng

 

Founder of CCAPN

 

http://www.ccapn.ngo.cn