In an effort to avoid offending foreign visitors during the Olympics, China has banned dog meat from menus in designated Olympic restaurants. The government has asked all restaurants to voluntarily remove dog meat from the menu during the games. Animals Asia Foundation has issued a press release calling for the permanent ban of dog meat [...]
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Animals Asia Foundation faces mounting costs as they continue to rescue dogs (and cats) from the town hardest hit by the earthquake in Sichuan province. Please donate via their Web site to help them rescue dogs from being killed by the Chinese army, oftentimes right in front of their owners. It’s now almost three weeks [...]
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In the past few days there have been reports that China is planning to shoot dogs and cats left homeless by the recent earthquakes in Sichuan. You can read about this plan on Jill Robinson’s blog and the Human Society International’s earthquake relief page. There is no regulated rabies vaccination program in China. One of [...]
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