The southerly city of Shenzhen is the first in mainland China to banish the feeding of dog and cat meat as part of newly approved food safety gadget legislating aimed at addressing the wildlife craft .
TheShenzhen Special Economic Region Regulation on a Comprehensive Ban on the Consumption of Wild Animalswas proposed by city lawmakers in February . start out May 1 , the lasting forbiddance clarifies species permit for consumption – like hog , kine , sheep , rabbit , seafood , and chicken – while also prohibiting the fosterage , eating , and selling of wildlife like snakes and lizards . Those who part the constabulary may be faced with big fines beginning at 150,000 yuan ( around $ 21,000 USD ) .
China placed atemporary banon the trade of wildlife in January short before the World Health Organizationdeclareda public health parking brake over the coronavirus eruption . As of April 2 , more than 82,000 case of COVID-19 have been reported in the country , fit in to aWHO situation report card .
Dr Peter Li , the China policy specialist for animate being security Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae Humane Society International , judge that the Bachelor of Arts in Nursing could foreclose the killing of around 10 million dogs and 4 million cats in China every year , the majority of which he say are “ stolen from people ’s back yards or abduct from the street . ”
“ Most people in China do n’t eat dog or computed tomography marrow , and there is considerable opposition to the barter specially among youthful Chinese , ” said Li in astatement . Less than 20 percent of the Chinese population eat dog meat infrequently and a majority of mass in Yulin , the hometown of the dog festival , do n’t on a regular basis eat dog-iron meat . More than half of the population polled wish to see the festival destruction .
“ Although World Health Organization advice is clear that dogs and kat pose no known coronavirus menace whatsoever , it ’s no surprisal that tending is sour to this business deal at this time because it doubtless poses a huge human health risk for other disease such as madness , as well as causing immense beast suffering . ”
Though the ban does not expressly banish dogs or cats in the text , it outlines which specie of creature may be bred , conjure up , and sold for human using up . A interpreter for the government told theShenzhen News Networkthat “ cat and hotdog as favorite have established a closer family relationship with humans than other animals , and positron emission tomography such as cats and dog are banned in many developed land and Hong Kong and Taiwan . ”
[ H / T : Reuters ]
