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1. Beijing Kills Cats As Clean-Up For Olympics
ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Diana Hartig, dhartig [at] arcor.de
Terrified cats crammed tightly into cages are hauled off to a meat market in Guangzhou. Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijing's shocking death camp for cats
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READ FULL STORY: Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself
2/25/08: 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’s streets and alleys but the Capital Animal Welfare Association 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 “dealt with.”
Qin Xiaona, head of the animal welfare association, told The Times: “This is nothing less than torture...” The drive was announced by the city’s agricultural bureau director at a recent meeting of the municipal parliament. He ordered 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...
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
Beijing Olympics
mishubu [at] beijing2008.cn, international [at] beijing2008.cn, marketing [at] beijing2008.cn, xuanchuan [at] beijing2008.cn
Olympics General
secretariat [at] eurolympic.org, odepa [at] oem.com.mx, info [at] ocasia.org, info [at] acnolympic.org, acnoa [at] camnet.cm, onoc [at] onoc.org.fj, coa [at] coa.ad, boa [at] boa.org.uk, nocsmr [at] cons.sm, office [at] noc.fi, office [at] oeoc.at, armnoc [at] arminco.com, info [at] olympic.be, office [at] okscg.org.yu, cnosf [at] cnosf.org, office [at] dosb.de, info [at] sok.se, international.affairs [at] noc-nsf.nl, segreteria [at] coni.it
Chinese Embassies
chinaemb_de [at] mfa.gov.cn, chinaconsul_ham_de [at] mfa.gov.cn, chinaconsul_mu_de [at] mfa.gov.cn, chinacmb_at [at] mfa.gov.cn, bangongshi [at] skynet.be, chinaemb_it [at] mfa.gov.cn, chinaemb_uk [at] mfa.gov.cn, china-embassy [at] bluewin.ch
MORE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR CHINESE AUTHORITIES:
See Kinship Circle’s 2007 letter campaign. Use for CONTACT INFO ONLY.
The sample letter itself addresses a past dog cull.
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=...
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