(CN) Two Beijing pet sellers smash animals to death to spite cops

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Two Beijing pet sellers smash animals to death to spite city management cops

 

The sellers smashed the animals against the ground...and none of the passersby

stepped forward to intervene. None of the 'city cops' lifted a finger either.

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-From the Shanghaiist blog:

 

December 28, 2007

 

What one pet seller did to escape from the evil clutches of the city cops

 

If you've been in China for a while, you will more likely than not have been a

witness to the frequent scuffles between street sellers, store owners and the

guys from the city cops, or the [untranslated chinese term here], who are

technically not " police " but rather " city administration " and " street

management " guys. Most illegal street sellers and hawkers like your DVD salesmen

and lamb kebab guys will typically just pack up their stuff and make a quick

disappearance, and then come back as soon as the annoying city cops are gone.

It's just part of the cat and mouse game that they have to get used to if they

want to make a living, but what did one Beijing pet seller do to " escape " from

them? A Youku mo-blogger tells us [Translation by Shanghaiist]:

 

Street seller Mrs Liu says that around she and her husband were selling

their little pets at the underground subway near An An Market at 11am, when

suddenly a Jinbei car pulled up by the roadside and out popped a city cop with

four or five assistants.

 

The city cops wanted to bring away the animals, but Mrs Liu just would not

have it. " My husband started panicking and started smashing the animals on the

ground, saying that he would rather do this than give them to the city cops. " An

eye-witness said that as he was passing by he saw many animals all dead on the

ground, and only two dogs were barely struggling to stay alive.

 

This reporter saw on-site that about a dozen animals had been smashed to

death against the ground, including rabbits, dogs, terrapins. One was completely

flattened by the vehicle. " The animals are innocent! " Even the dozen or so

people that had gathered by now agreed that smashing the animals against the

ground was too cruel.

 

A city administrator from the Taiping Bridge team said that Mr and Mrs Liu

had been selling their animals for about 3 years now. Normally, city cops would

fine illegal sellers such as tese anywhere between RMB500 and RMB5000, and

confiscate all goods. When they started smashing their animals against the

ground, the city cops themselves were startled. " We've been doing this for so

many years, this is the first time we've seen someone reacting in such a cruel

manner! "

 

" This is a sad episode for the city administration. A dozen animals have

died unnecessarily, " said Lu Huohuo, Chairperson of the China Animal Protection

Association, who suggested to the Taiping City Administration team that they

should have stepped in to stop the sellers when they began to smash their

animals against the ground to stop the sad event from happening.

 

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Videos:

 

There are two videos of the aftermath on the Chinese site 56.com:

 

( " Life Is Happy " 1)

http://www.56.com/w74/play_album-aid-3630373_vid-MjU5OTIyNTY.html

 

( " Life Is Happy " 2)

http://www.56.com/w74/play_album-aid-3630373_vid-MjU4NjEwNDE.html