(CN) Gov't regulates wild animal performances

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Gov't regulates wild animal performances

(China.org.cn by Yang Xi October 9, 2007)

 

" Performances that include feeding live animals to

wild beasts must be stopped. Wild animal performances

should be standardized and applications for wild

animal performances that are contrary to human

sensibility will not be approved. Forestry authorities

will heavily penalize all relevant departments and

institutions who organize these kinds of

performances, " Cao Qinqyao, spokesman for China's

State Forestry Administration, stressed on the

afternoon of October 7. " People can report to local

forestry authorities when they discover these kinds of

performances. "

 

A circular issued by the State Forestry Administration

on October 4 states that performances that feed live

animals to wild beasts should be stopped. Applications

for these kinds of wild animal performances should be

carefully screened so that they follow principles to

improve and protect living natural resources, as well

as actively promote their domestication and reasonable

development and utilization. " The State Forestry

Administration will severely punish authorities who

approve performances that include feeding live animals

to beasts, " Cao Qingyao confirmed via the Xiaoxiang

Morning Post.

 

The circular also includes an in-vivo marker system of

live wild animals and a name list covering six species

of wild animals that received in the in-vivo marker

system in 2006. The system aims to establish

individual records for wild animals and strengthen

supervision and management as well as efficiently

ensure the benign treatment of wild animals. The

circular also indicated that publicity and education

should be carried out to protest the indiscriminate

killing of wild animals.

 

Public welcomes the circular

 

The circular won applause on the Internet as long as

it was posted. Many people considered it a

humanitarian move.

 

Zhou Guoying, deputy dean of the Resources and

Environment Department of the Central South University

of Forestry and Technology, welcomed the

" prohibition. " Zhou said, " The prohibition was helpful

for the improvement of Chinese animal welfare. It

protects teenagers and develops human morality. "

 

Cruel amusement is forbidden

 

" There have been many bloody and cruel animal

performances in recent years around China, in cities

such as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Changsha. They have

unwholesome influences on our teenagers. On the one

hand, these performances cause young people to believe

that animals are born to simply amuse people. On the

other hand, it is hard to avoid teenage violence

induced by these performances, " Cao Qingyao said.

 

" The move also results from a humanitarian

consideration, " Cao Qingyao told the Xiaoxiang Morning

Post. " More and more people object to these cruel

animal shows. Feeding live animals may have

irreplaceable advantages for beasts: granted, it's

especially helpful for their nutrition and it enables

them to retain their natural savagery, but it should

not be performed openly. "

 

http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/227340.htm

 

 

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