http://www.oipa.org/campagne/furcatdog_chineseauthorities.htm

UNLICENSED OWNERS IN TERROR OF HAVING
DOGS CONFISCATED AND BRUTALLY KILLED!

“Animals Asia Foundation” has recently received hysterical letters from distraught Chinese pet lovers across China who are terrified by some Government departments' new clampdown on unregistered pet dogs. Dogs are being brutally confiscated, in some cases beaten to death in front of their owners, or taken to Government pounds and killed in horrendous ways.

In Guangzhou in particular (a major Chinese city), the licence fee to register pet dogs is an exhorbitant RMB10,000 (US$1,235) for the first year and RMB6,000 (US$741) per year thereafter. Naturally, the fee is beyond the reach of most pet owners and they are living in terror of having their dog confiscated and killed in a brutal fashion.

Some Government officials are enticing people to report on their neighbours who have unregistered pet dogs, by offering to pay them 10% of the fine. Dog killing teams are patrolling the cities looking for unregistered.

Please write a letter to the Chinese authorities in Guangzhou (capital of Guangdung Province) expressing your outrage at this brutal dog eradication campaign.

SIGN THE PETITION!

http://www.oipa.org/campagne/furcatdog_petitionchineseauthorities.htm

Text:
Dear Sir,

We are shocked and outraged to learn that the Guangzhou authorities are currently confiscating and killing unregistered pet dogs. We would like to request that you urgently address this matter by significantly reducing the registration fees for dogs, whilst working in conjunction with animal groups, like the Animals Asia Foundation, to educate the public about responsible pet ownership.

The existing registration fee of RMB 10,000 per dog and subsequent annual renewal fee of RMB 6000, is quite simply beyond the means of most citizens in Guangzhou, resulting in citizens keeping their beloved dogs illegally.

There are already numerous humane solutions to ensure that dogs and people can co-exist peacefully and safely in the modern world and thus there is simply no excuse for the current brutal measures being taken against dogs and their devastated owners.

We implore you to immediately cease these cruel measures and introduce public education initiatives to ensure that dogs are treated with the respect that they deserve, so that China is in line with international standards.

Yours sincerely,

http://www.oipa.org/campagne/furcatdog_petitionchineseauthorities.htm