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| China restricts families to just 1 dog |
| 2006-11-08 |
| First it was one child. Now authorities say Beijing families will be allowed only one dog. The restriction is part of efforts to stamp out rabies, state media said Wednesday. It follows a campaign in August in which thousands of dogs were killed in order to fight the disease. Commies ... why do they hate us? China's capital will institute a "one dog" policy for each household in nine areas, the official Xinhua News Agency said. "Only one pet dog is allowed per household in the zones, and dangerous and large dogs will be banned. Anyone keeping an unlicensed dog will face prosecution," Xinhua said. It said rabies killed 318 people nationwide in September. Rabies is on the rise in China, with 2,651 reported deaths from the disease in 2004, the last year for which data were available. Only 3 percent of China's dogs are vaccinated against rabies, which attacks the nervous system and can be fatal. China has limited most urban couples to one child and those in the countryside to two since the 1970s in an effort to limit population growth and ease the strain on resources. The dog limit was announced by Beijing police and the city agencies for agriculture and commerce, Xinhua said. A notice on the police department's Web site did not refer to a "one dog" policy but said a clampdown on stray and large dogs would be implemented. It called on dog owners to "create a harmonious society and be a civilized dog-raiser." Harmonious society is the term for President Hu Jintao's campaign to share the gains of China's rapid economic growth more fairly across all levels of society. It has also been used in The Society For Righteous and Harmonious |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #8 What do you call a Chinese family with one dog? -Vegetarians! What do you call a Chinese family with three dogs or more? -Ranchers! |
| Posted by: Mick Dundee 2006-11-08 23:53 |
| #7 Or "two dogs fucking" for that matter. Sorry, just had to throw out that line from the great injun joke. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-11-08 22:21 |
| #6 One is the loneliest number |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-08 22:20 |
| #5 No "3 Dog Night." Drum roll. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-11-08 22:19 |
| #4 I AM SHOCKED!!!!! No one has made any refrence to NorKor. Neither shall I then. Don't want the neighbors jealous because they have a bigger pet farm than you. Wait, one pet is still more isn't it? Nevermind. |
| Posted by: kilowattkid 2006-11-08 22:19 |
| #3 Great idea! Especially if everyone's 1 dog is a male. After all, their 1-child policy worked out so well.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-11-08 22:13 |
| #2 China restricts families to just 1 There, fixed that. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-08 20:43 |
| #1 I've a friend playing trailing wife in Beijing, and she says a large part of the problem is that there are no trustworthy sources for rabies vaccines. Even the trained vets are perfectly happy to inject coloured water and collect the fee, and even the pharmaceutical suppliers are as likely to sell coloured water as they are legitimate vaccine. The only option when rabies shows up is to sacrifice all the dogs in the vicinity, vaccinated or no. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-08 20:31 |