Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece

 

From The Times

February 25, 2008

 

Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself

Jane Macartney in Beijing

 

Animal welfare activists in Beijing are up in arms

over a decision by the city government to clear the

capital of its stray cats as part of a sweeping

Olympic facelift.

 

No one knows exactly how many homeless cats roam the

cityfs streets and alleys but the Capital Animal

Welfare Assocation says 160,000 to 200,000 animals at

the very minimum are at risk from the new campaign.

 

Strays are already being caught and transported to a

holding pen in the suburban county of Changping.

Animal welfare activists described seeing the cats

crowded together in cages the size of a microwave

oven. They estimated almost 90 per cent of the animals

were clearly diseased and many had been neutered with

rudimentary surgery that had led to infections. The

order states that strays still unclaimed after 14 days

will be gdealt withh.

 

Qin Xiaona, head of the animal welfare association,

told The Times: gThis is nothing less than torture.

And the situation is much worse than this for dogs.h

 

The drive was announced by the cityfs agricultural

bureau director at a recent meeting of the municipal

parliament. He ordered that all stray cats must be

caught and taken off the streets before the end of

June to ensure the city looks its best for the

two-week-long Olympic games starting on August 8.

 

Mrs Qin said: gThe officials said they did not want

the Olympic athletes to see a single stray animal.

This is partly because the Chinese care so much about

face.h

 

Orders have already been sent out to the neighbourhood

committees that are responsible for maintaining order

and implementing government directives throughout the

18 districts of Beijing. Mrs Qin described seeing

committee officials holding meetings in the Eastern

District in the city centre and calling on residents

to round up stray cats.

 

She said: gCats are beneficial to the community in a

city like Beijing because they catch rats. If people

catch all the stray cats then can you imagine how

terrible the problem of rats could become?h This

newest campaign to empty the city streets of roaming

animals does not include stray dogs since these have

been banned in Beijing for many years and are

regularly cleared out by the police.

 

The animal welfare activists said it would be

extremely difficult to rid Beijing of the cats that

live wild in the many nooks and crannies of the

ancient alleys that criss-cross the old centre of the

capital. But this is not the first time that the

capital has declared war on an animal.

 

In the 1950s, Mao Zedong launched the gFour Pestsh

campaign when citizens were ordered to kill flies,

mosquitoes, rats and sparrows. The mass slaughter of

sparrows had unintended consequences, resulting in an

explosion of the locust population.

 

Mrs Qin said her group had offered to work with the

government in case of any campaign to ensure the

cityfs cats were handled in a humane manner, but

their proposals had been ignored.

 

gI have a question for the International Olympic

Committee and the athletes: Do they feel that they can

take part comfortably in the Olympics if the price of

the games is the lives of so many animals?h

 

She also had fighting words for the organisers. gWe

Beijing residents are ready to go without electricity,

without water, without cars if the Games can be a

success. But we are opposed to an Olympics that will

cost the lives of animals. We feel this is tragic.h

 

Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

[Guest guest]

>>> Mrs Qin said: gThe officials said they did not want

>>> the Olympic athletes to see a single stray animal.

>>> This is partly because the Chinese care so much about

>>> face.h

 

What the hell are these officials thinking??!!

What have stray animals to do with " face " ??!!

 

If they care so much about losing face, they should kill themselves

immediately.

Do we really have any hope of changing these stupid arses before the

Earth die?

 

 

 

Masako Miyaji wrote:

 

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece

> <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece>

>

> >From The Times

> February 25, 2008

>

> Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself

> Jane Macartney in Beijing

>

> Animal welfare activists in Beijing are up in arms

> over a decision by the city government to clear the

> capital of its stray cats as part of a sweeping

> Olympic facelift.

>

> No one knows exactly how many homeless cats roam the

> cityfs streets and alleys but the Capital Animal

> Welfare Assocation says 160,000 to 200,000 animals at

> the very minimum are at risk from the new campaign.

>

> Strays are already being caught and transported to a

> holding pen in the suburban county of Changping.

> Animal welfare activists described seeing the cats

> crowded together in cages the size of a microwave

> oven. They estimated almost 90 per cent of the animals

> were clearly diseased and many had been neutered with

> rudimentary surgery that had led to infections. The

> order states that strays still unclaimed after 14 days

> will be gdealt withh.

>

> Qin Xiaona, head of the animal welfare association,

> told The Times: gThis is nothing less than torture.

> And the situation is much worse than this for dogs.h

>

> The drive was announced by the cityfs agricultural

> bureau director at a recent meeting of the municipal

> parliament. He ordered that all stray cats must be

> caught and taken off the streets before the end of

> June to ensure the city looks its best for the

> two-week-long Olympic games starting on August 8.

>

> Mrs Qin said: gThe officials said they did not want

> the Olympic athletes to see a single stray animal.

> This is partly because the Chinese care so much about

> face.h

>

> Orders have already been sent out to the neighbourhood

> committees that are responsible for maintaining order

> and implementing government directives throughout the

> 18 districts of Beijing. Mrs Qin described seeing

> committee officials holding meetings in the Eastern

> District in the city centre and calling on residents

> to round up stray cats.

>

> She said: gCats are beneficial to the community in a

> city like Beijing because they catch rats. If people

> catch all the stray cats then can you imagine how

> terrible the problem of rats could become?h This

> newest campaign to empty the city streets of roaming

> animals does not include stray dogs since these have

> been banned in Beijing for many years and are

> regularly cleared out by the police.

>

> The animal welfare activists said it would be

> extremely difficult to rid Beijing of the cats that

> live wild in the many nooks and crannies of the

> ancient alleys that criss-cross the old centre of the

> capital. But this is not the first time that the

> capital has declared war on an animal.

>

> In the 1950s, Mao Zedong launched the gFour Pestsh

> campaign when citizens were ordered to kill flies,

> mosquitoes, rats and sparrows. The mass slaughter of

> sparrows had unintended consequences, resulting in an

> explosion of the locust population.

>

> Mrs Qin said her group had offered to work with the

> government in case of any campaign to ensure the

> cityfs cats were handled in a humane manner, but

> their proposals had been ignored.

>

> gI have a question for the International Olympic

> Committee and the athletes: Do they feel that they can

> take part comfortably in the Olympics if the price of

> the games is the lives of so many animals?h

>

> She also had fighting words for the organisers. gWe

> Beijing residents are ready to go without electricity,

> without water, without cars if the Games can be a

> success. But we are opposed to an Olympics that will

> cost the lives of animals. We feel this is tragic.h

>

> Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

How come these official never think about the face if their cruel

activities is spreaded around the world?

 

 

On 2/26/08, David Wong <ky wrote:

>

>

>

> >>> Mrs Qin said: gThe officials said they did not want

> >>> the Olympic athletes to see a single stray animal.

> >>> This is partly because the Chinese care so much about

> >>> face. h

>

> What the hell are these officials thinking??!!

> What have stray animals to do with " face " ??!!

>

> If they care so much about losing face, they should kill themselves

> immediately.

> Do we really have any hope of changing these stupid arses before the

> Earth die?

>

>

>

> Masako Miyaji wrote:

>

> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece

> > <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece>

> >

> > >From The Times

> > February 25, 2008

> >

> > Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself

> > Jane Macartney in Beijing

> >

> > Animal welfare activists in Beijing are up in arms

> > over a decision by the city government to clear the

> > capital of its stray cats as part of a sweeping

> > Olympic facelift.

> >

> > No one knows exactly how many homeless cats roam the

> > city fs streets and alleys but the Capital Animal

> > Welfare Assocation says 160,000 to 200,000 animals at

> > the very minimum are at risk from the new campaign.

> >

> > Strays are already being caught and transported to a

> > holding pen in the suburban county of Changping.

> > Animal welfare activists described seeing the cats

> > crowded together in cages the size of a microwave

> > oven. They estimated almost 90 per cent of the animals

> > were clearly diseased and many had been neutered with

> > rudimentary surgery that had led to infections. The

> > order states that strays still unclaimed after 14 days

> > will be gdealt with h.

> >

> > Qin Xiaona, head of the animal welfare association,

> > told The Times: gThis is nothing less than torture.

> > And the situation is much worse than this for dogs. h

> >

> > The drive was announced by the city fs agricultural

> > bureau director at a recent meeting of the municipal

> > parliament. He ordered that all stray cats must be

> > caught and taken off the streets before the end of

> > June to ensure the city looks its best for the

> > two-week-long Olympic games starting on August 8.

> >

> > Mrs Qin said: gThe officials said they did not want

> > the Olympic athletes to see a single stray animal.

> > This is partly because the Chinese care so much about

> > face. h

> >

> > Orders have already been sent out to the neighbourhood

> > committees that are responsible for maintaining order

> > and implementing government directives throughout the

> > 18 districts of Beijing. Mrs Qin described seeing

> > committee officials holding meetings in the Eastern

> > District in the city centre and calling on residents

> > to round up stray cats.

> >

> > She said: gCats are beneficial to the community in a

> > city like Beijing because they catch rats. If people

> > catch all the stray cats then can you imagine how

> > terrible the problem of rats could become? h This

> > newest campaign to empty the city streets of roaming

> > animals does not include stray dogs since these have

> > been banned in Beijing for many years and are

> > regularly cleared out by the police.

> >

> > The animal welfare activists said it would be

> > extremely difficult to rid Beijing of the cats that

> > live wild in the many nooks and crannies of the

> > ancient alleys that criss-cross the old centre of the

> > capital. But this is not the first time that the

> > capital has declared war on an animal.

> >

> > In the 1950s, Mao Zedong launched the gFour Pests h

> > campaign when citizens were ordered to kill flies,

> > mosquitoes, rats and sparrows. The mass slaughter of

> > sparrows had unintended consequences, resulting in an

> > explosion of the locust population.

> >

> > Mrs Qin said her group had offered to work with the

> > government in case of any campaign to ensure the

> > city fs cats were handled in a humane manner, but

> > their proposals had been ignored.

> >

> > gI have a question for the International Olympic

> > Committee and the athletes: Do they feel that they can

> > take part comfortably in the Olympics if the price of

> > the games is the lives of so many animals? h

> >

> > She also had fighting words for the organisers. gWe

> > Beijing residents are ready to go without electricity,

> > without water, without cars if the Games can be a

> > success. But we are opposed to an Olympics that will

> > cost the lives of animals. We feel this is tragic. h

> >

> > Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

> >

> >

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