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WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The World Dog Alliance (WDA) is an internationally recognized animal protection group. Since founded in 2014, the WDA has worked to improve animal welfare in China. China s amended Animal Epidemic Prevention Law came into effect on 1
st May 2021. Under the public spotlight since it was proposed, the new law has inevitably stirred up controversies soon after its implementation.
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Many dog haters in China have created rumors to spread inaccurate information regarding the amended law, scaremongering, and implying that a law that requires owners to leash their dogs when walking will lead to unleashed dogs being considered stray and subsequently, culled.
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Courier Companies in China Deliver Live Animals in Sealed Boxes
The case of “live pet blind boxes” in China’s Sichuan province recently sparked public concern in the country, with even the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media reporting on it. The matter involves not only the legal issue of delivering animals via a postal service, but also the just-implemented “Animal Epidemic Prevention Law” related to the CCP virus.
Shipping live animals bought online using regular express delivery is illegal but common in China. The practice has received little attention from the CCP’s official media in the past.
The incident in Sichuan that caught public attention happened on March 3. People found dozens of “pet blind boxes” waiting to be delivered at an express station in downtown Chengdu, Sichuan province, and they could hear the meowing of cats and the barking of dogs from inside the boxes.
May 05, 2021
As pet ownership rises in China, so too does demand for pet detectives.
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It could have been a scene from a Sherlock Holmes novel; two intrepid sleuths arrived at an apartment building, one with a flashlight in hand, the other with a device for finding their charge. They began scanning the place for life.
Soon enough, they have covered the entire building, marking where they found hair and prints. Diligently, they have inferred the movements for the past two days of the fugitive they were tracking.
Within two hours, they close the case. Hot on the trail, they spot the escapee - a missing cat - which they carefully detain and return to its worried owners.
Recently in Beijing, a viral video showed a dog-owner walking around a park in Chaoyang district without his pet on a leash. He reportedly also allowed it to defecate.
The 65-year-old man, surnamed Zhao, can be heard shouting angrily at the person filming him. After the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau investigated Zhao, they found his dog was not registered for annual health checks. He was later issued with a fine totaling RMB2,500.
Beijing already has some of the strictest rules for dog ownership in China. Owners are banned from walking their pets in certain areas, notably Tiananmen Square and West Chang’an Street (chang’an xijie).
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