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Cowperson · 11-15-2006, 08:05 AM

A Washington Post story outlining the turbulence the Chinese government is running into trying to enforce a "one dog policy."

BEIJING - Days after the Chinese government announced a crackdown on dogs in the capital, dog lovers here are quietly walking their pets after midnight and avoiding nosy neighbors. They're also fighting back.
A campaign to protect people from a sharp rise in rabies cases led officials to announce last week that they would limit each household to one dog and ban dogs taller than 14 inches.

getCSS("3176006")"More and more people own dogs. It is pointless to restrict dog-raising. The stricter the government is, the more people will love to own a dog," said Liu Tao, 26, who was at the unauthorized protest Saturday. "We are not blocked from the outside now. With the Internet, we can see how Western countries treat dogs well. It's hard to stop us from communicating with the outside."

While the rules have outraged pet owners, the face-off has also exposed fault lines between older bureaucrats with a mandate to keep public order and a growing middle class that no longer takes the traditional Chinese view of dogs as dishonorable or corrupt.

Moves to curb dog ownership and prevent rabies have led to draconian action in other parts of China in the past. In August, tens of thousands of dogs were killed in Yunnan province in southwestern China after three people died of the disease.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15721402/

Is your dog dishonourable and corrupt?

During Katrina, humans refused to leave their pets behind . . . . will growing prosperity in China lead to similar loyalty?

Cowperson

11-15-2006, 08:05 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	China's "One Dog Policy" runs into resistance A Washington Post story outlining the turbulence the Chinese government is running into trying to enforce a "one dog policy." BEIJING - Days after the Chinese government announced a crackdown on dogs in the capital, dog lovers here are quietly walking their pets after midnight and avoiding nosy neighbors. They're also fighting back. A campaign to protect people from a sharp rise in rabies cases led officials to announce last week that they would limit each household to one dog and ban dogs taller than 14 inches. getCSS("3176006")"More and more people own dogs. It is pointless to restrict dog-raising. The stricter the government is, the more people will love to own a dog," said Liu Tao, 26, who was at the unauthorized protest Saturday. "We are not blocked from the outside now. With the Internet, we can see how Western countries treat dogs well. It's hard to stop us from communicating with the outside." While the rules have outraged pet owners, the face-off has also exposed fault lines between older bureaucrats with a mandate to keep public order and a growing middle class that no longer takes the traditional Chinese view of dogs as dishonorable or corrupt. Moves to curb dog ownership and prevent rabies have led to draconian action in other parts of China in the past. In August, tens of thousands of dogs were killed in Yunnan province in southwestern China after three people died of the disease. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15721402/ Is your dog dishonourable and corrupt? During Katrina, humans refused to leave their pets behind . . . . will growing prosperity in China lead to similar loyalty? Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous