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3. CHINA: Saving Dogs From Post-Quake Kill Order
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TO READ ABOUT ORIGINAL ORDER TO KILL DOGS ON SITE IN CHINA, SEE:
China county orders dog cull after quake
5/22/08 - HELP FOR SICHUAN’S DOGS:
EDITED FOR LENGTH, read full blog entry:
www.animalsasia.org/blog/
5/22/08: There have been several conflicting news reports about a possible cull of dogs in Qingchuan, one of the counties worst-hit by the earthquake. We’ve also heard the Army may send snipers into two districts to shoot surviving dogs. We’re trying to get as much information as we can...
Animals Asia and local animal welfare groups are jointly sending a letter to the county authorities pleading with them to spare those dogs who still have families.... We are also offering to supply the authorities in Qingchuan with vaccinations for rabies and other diseases in a further effort to show them that the family dogs would be protected and not a risk to the public. We hope they see these gestures as a better option than culling.
5/26/08 - SAVING DOGS FROM KILL ORDER:
EDITED FOR LENGTH, read full blog entry:
www.animalsasia.org/blog/
5/26/08: Driving in to Dujiangyiang, we passed so many people leaving their now-destroyed homes... Christie, Rainbow, Heather, Wendy, Hong Chuan, Suki, Howard, Rocky and I first arrived at a tented area, connected up with two local vets, members and volunteers from the Chongqing Small Animal Protection Association, Purina which is providing us with dog food and Intervet which kindly passed over rabies vaccines in a cool-box.
First, we talked to officials in control, who told us no dogs were there. We wondered how they could be sure until we saw a government notice that said any dog found in the camp would be killed. We had already printed out a notice...saying we would collect all dogs and cats and provide them with a safe and happy foster home until they were ready to be returned.
Rainbow quietly put this beside the government notice -- “a contrast to the current ‘solution’,” he said. Officials promised to call us if they did find any dogs. We said we could be there in a few hours... Within a few minutes a woman called who’d picked up a Pekingese on the street. She had fallen in love with “Pan Pan,” but couldn’t take him as her apartment was destroyed. Quickly vaccinating him, we plopped him into a cage...and promised his new owner we’d take good care of him until she was ready to claim him...
By day’s end, we had 49 dogs, 2 cats and 1 kitten rolling into Chengdu... We’re returning to Dujiangyiang as it seems our notice is doing its job and we’ve had calls alerting us that more dogs are waiting to be picked up...
Since we set up a receiving station at a vet clinic in Dujiangyiang, and opened a hotline for pet owners, survivors in Sichuan’s earthquake-hit region are lining up to hand over pet dogs to Animals Asia for safe-keeping until they are back on their feet...
www.animalsasia.org/
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
DONATE TO EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR ANIMALS IN CHINA:
www.animalsasia.org/
CLICK ON: Donate To Earthquake Relief (left side of page)
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