(CN) Dog-raising Management to Be Strengthened in Beijing

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Dog-raising Management to Be Strengthened in Beijing

Xinhua

2007-09-06

 

Urban neighborhood committees and villagers'

committees in rural areas of Beijing have been told to

set up organizations which educate dog owners on how

to raise their pets.

 

By the end of this year, 95 percent of the urban

neighborhood communities and 85 percent of the rural

villagers' committees should have established such an

organization and a fund should have been aside to

finance, according to the Committee for Comprehensive

Administration of Public Order in Beijing.

 

" Relevant government administrators will be punished

if their areas fail to meet the goals, " said an

official from the committee.

 

The administration of dog-raising will be included in

the evaluation of work done by urban districts and

rural counties, and the establishment of special

committees for dog raising and financial guarantees

will be the key points assessed, the committee said.

 

Statistics provided by the Municipal Office for the

Joint Conference of the Pet Dog Raising Management

Work show that more than 700,000 pet dogs have been

registered and have gone through annual checkups so

far this year, an increase of 17 percent from a year

ago.

 

So far, 62.5 percent of the city is covered by the

dog-raising committees which total 2,000, according to

the office.

 

Attacks on human beings by dogs are also rising. Data

from the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau shows that

about 83,000 people have been injured by dogs from

bites or scratches so far this year, up 33.7 percent

from a year earlier. Pet dogs allowed to roam off

their leash are most to blame for the attacks, the

bureau said.

 

Beijing reported two rabies deaths in February and

July. The two victims, a villager in the outlying

Daxing District and a chef in the eastern Chaoyang

District, refused to be vaccinated after they were

bitten by stray dogs.

 

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