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Did anyone else see this article?
Sickening to think of the actions taken by the police and others involved in this total nonsense!

A simple vacination policy would seem so much simpler than killing off 50,000 pets.

I know my 2 are worth one helluva lot more than the 63 cents offered!

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/china-massacres-50000-dogs-in-anti/20060801000009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Sure something as simple as vaccinations would work. However you've gotta take into considerarion that this did not happen in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe. People in that part of the world adopt pets off the street and many if not all are feral. Regular vet visits for a family pet is a completely foriegn concept to people there. When one pet dies, they just go and adopt another one or wait for one to show up at their door.

This is the biggets part of why things like the Swine Flu and Bird Flu are propegated so rapidly and spread so quickly from that specific part of the world. The only means of controlling an outbreak of something as preventable as rabies is to exterminate the population. Why do you think so many chickens and other birds were killed a couple of years ago? They vaccinated the young ones then to preserve the possibility of their food supply and anything else was killed.

It very similar to why people procreate where food doesn't grow. Condoms only work if people are educated on their usage and benefits and how to use them. People in southeast Asia do not think of pets the same way we do and the number are staggering. Veterinary vaccinations would cost them more that they think it's worth (their government too).

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Oh my god that terrible, i was sick looking at that picture!!!!

The vaccination is simple and effective and in most states last for 2-3 years. At the hospital i work at it costs $14.00 to have your dog/cat vaccinated against rabies. I see it as completely in-humane to just slaughter that many dogs because of a rabies outbreak! Besides in most cases rabies is from the wild animals like possums, foxes, skunks and bats NOT in the domesticated pets!



"If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten!"

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Totally agree with ya Growler, was just tossing this out there!

Unfortunately Racegal there's the problem also, most of the dogs like Growler stated are strays just out running around.
I might could see rounding up the strays and doing what needed to be done, Humanely!

I didnt like the 10 foot sticks and beating the dogs to death in the street. Also didnt care for the comment about going into town at night and making noise to get the dogs to bark, so they could confiscate them, or offer the owners 63 cents to kill the dog themselves!

Yeah thats true, i also read that only 3% of their dogs are actually vaccinated.

I can understand (to a point) if they are strays and that is dangerous to be taken care of humanely, but there is no need for any animal to be beaten to death with a 10 foot stick, thats just sick!

To me this face, is worth a lot more then $0.64

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Cute Pup!
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Did you say White Chow Chow, It doesn't look like this one does it? He was my pride and joy until about a two years ago when we had to have him put down due to hip dysplasia <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Exactly the same Hitler!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Golden ears and feet, with a golden circular mane on her front shoulders. She'll be 5 next month.
She is a doll, although only with the wife and I. Noone else can get near her, or she snaps/nips at their hand!
My bro n law has dubbed her "Miss Snaps-A-Lot"!<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

She is like having a cat. She only wants attention when she comes to you, otherwise leave her alone!<img src=newicons/tard.gif border=0 align=middle>

Sorry for your loss. I know the feeling, as I had a black one prior to this one. The father was a red chow and the mother was a black wolf. Dog was total chow looking, except for a little longer muzzle and her hair (although puffy) laid sort of like a Shepherd's.
We lost her at 13 years. She got a uterin infection, $750 hysterectomy operation and died 3 days after the operation as I was driving her back to the vet. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>