↑Liuzhou Small Animal Protection Association rescues Green Iguana
Red Star News Reporter丨Chen Qingyuan Intern丨Zhang Jie
Editor丨Yu Dongmei Pengjiang
This summer, a Ragdoll Cat with a market value of about 10,000 yuan was abandoned on the side of the road in a cat bag. Under the scorching sun, the temperature in the cat bag can easily soar to 40 degrees Celsius, and the cat may soon dehydrate and die. Police officers from the police station contacted the pet rescue center, and the staff of the rescue center said helplessly that for some wealthy pet owners, abandonment may be the lowest cost.
emoticon package, short videos, circle of friends... Cute pets can be seen everywhere in our daily lives, and "sucking cats" and "picking dogs" have also become the daily life of some people. As the number of pets increases year by year, the number of pets abandoned is also increasing day by day.
Red Star News reporters found that in addition to the common phenomenon of pet cats and dogs being abandoned by their owners, in recent years, the "alternative pet craze" has been wave after wave, such as Wang Sicong Buy Alpaca , Song Qian Hold Fragrant pig , Cheng Xiao Hold lizards, etc. In order to satisfy the "love" in my heart, some people even keep national protected animals such as radiation tortoise , serval , thrush , etc. as pets. Abandoned pets also include some alternative pets, and the legal and ecological risks associated with this cannot be ignored.
Reasons for abandoning pets:
Follow the trend, get sick, family opposes, prepare for pregnancy...
According to the data of the "2021 China Pet Industry White Paper", abandonment ranks first among the most unacceptable uncivilized pet raising behaviors that the public cannot accept.
Ms. Zhang told the Red Star News reporter that she often sees some posts about pet abandonment on the Internet, "Some people are 'sick', they raise cats, dogs, and ducks... not to take good care of the animals' life, but to follow the trend and treat animals as 'Hermes'. They are not just commodities, but also flesh and blood lives!"
"There are many reasons for abandoning animals, including illness, moving, family disagreement, pregnancy preparation, incompatible horoscopes, etc. Many people abandon pets, but are actually forced by helplessness or majeure factors." said pet doctor Zhu Ibidi. Red Star News reporters learned that some people buy impulsively because of the "pet fever" or are fooled by merchants...
, which has relatively high prices, is also abandoned. The Cole duck has a round appearance and white feathers. It became popular because of Wang Sicong's high-profile purchases and various interesting emoticons.
Koll related market is also very popular. On the market, a Cole duck egg starts at 100 yuan, while some are as high as 2,000 yuan. Customer service of a Taobao store specializing in Cole duck told Red Star News reporters that the price of Cole duck adult duck generally ranges from several thousand yuan, and the price of top-quality adult duck is as high as 30,000 yuan.
A netizen shared the experience of another owner of the same community "release" the Cole duck. At first, the Cole duck was placed in the small river in the community by its owner, and other owners had seen ducks swimming cutely in the water. Later, the duck was bitten by a stray dog and was rescued by the owner of other communities and sent to the hospital. One owner places the duck at home, and the other owners crowdfund the duck’s treatment and diet. A pet rescuer told Red Star News reporter that she had also received a Cole duck with defective legs. It turned out to be raised by a primary school student and was later sent away due to family objections.
Zhu Ibidi has rescued the abandoned honey bag . Honey bags are an emerging alternative pet in recent years. The topic #Honey bags ## has been played 2.88 billion times on the Douyin platform, and there are 3 related topics that have exceeded 100 million.
This abandoned honey bag was packed in an empty mineral water bottle with a rotten apple and was thrown on the side of the road. A customer of Zhu Ibidi picked up the bottle and sent it to his hospital. "I am very thin and have no energy." After Zhu Ibidi's treatment, the honey bag was adopted by one of his clients.
Red Star News reporter learned from Li Li, the stationmaster of the Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Protection Station that in the daily work of the protection station, he has rescued many species that do not belong to Beijing, some even foreign animals. Li Li analyzed, "Some people want to highlight their personality and their performance is different from others. In order to show off, they raise some alternative pets, and some are wild animals, which is illegal." Qiao Wei, a staff member of the Qiming Animal Rescue Center, told the Red Star News reporter that there are many people abandoning dogs to the rescue center. "It is not uncommon for us to cure some sick dogs and the owners to take them back." Qiao Wei said that in this case, the center will not return it and will find a new owner for the pet.
On the day of the interview at the end of June this year, the police station contacted the Qiming Animal Rescue Center to get a discarded ragdoll cat. The market price of Ragdoll Cat is floating around 10,000 yuan. Although the price is not low, there are also people who have discarded it. The ragdoll cat was abandoned by the roadside by its owner in a cat bag. Because it is exposed to the sun, the temperature in the cat bag can easily soar to 40 degrees Celsius, and the cat may die soon due to dehydration.
Qiao Wei said that some rich pet owners don’t care about the money they resell. They just throw away the breed cats and dogs after buying them, and they are too lazy to spend time and energy to sell. For them, abandonment may be the lowest cost.
Qiao Wei also mentioned that some breeders who try to breed discard the animals they raise because they depreciate. used to be Poodle was also very expensive. In the past two years, many Poodle dogs have become stray dogs, which is related to the increase in the number of Poodle dogs and is not worth it.
One pet marten is worth a thousand yuan, and raising marten has quietly become the new love of some urban people. Xiaola has raised many kinds of pets and was once the owner of a mink. Xiaola took over the mink from a high school student. "That mink is born with a bad spine, and it was picked up by the former owner in the wild." Xiaola said that the mink should have been abandoned by the original owner in the wild and adopted by the high school student, but it is difficult for high school students to spend enough money and energy to treat and feed it.
Xiao La took over the treatment of the mink from the high school student. After the treatment, Xiao La gave the mink to others for a while. In other words, this mink has had at least 4 owners. Xiaola said, "Miao is too smelly and spends a lot of money. She is a veritable rich pet." According to Xiaola, the only Mian market in the domestic market is Xiaolong Diao and Angru. She is sterilized by merchants and loves to get sick. Also because care is very troublesome, the abandonment rate of minks is very high.
is digging in a group of sable friends who help each other. Diudu said that he had encountered abandonment and could not count the situations he had encountered, "There were 3 last week alone." One day, a sieve friend from the Diao Friends group found a small sieve on the Xianyu platform. The seller's picture was a very beautiful photo. The sieve friend who wanted to buy contacted the merchant and found out that the sieve was not good. Diudou told the Red Star News reporter that some businesses now advocate that ferret is a lazy pet, and many people buy it at will without knowing it clearly, which leads to serious abandonment.
The consequences of abandoning pets:
Die or become stray animals or spread diseases
Du Fan, president of the Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association of Hubei Province, once said in an interview with the media that about 70% and 80% of abandoned animals, especially abandoned pets, cannot survive. For the entire society, abandoning pets will invisibly add unnecessary burden to society. For example, stray dogs are prone to fighting, biting people, and may even spread some diseases.
The article "The Current Situation and Causes of Stray Animals in China" released by the China Pesen Animal Welfare Institute shows that as the number of pets is growing, the number of abandoned dogs and cats is also increasing year by year. According to statistics, the number of stray animals around the world is about 200 million, and the number of stray animals in China is 40 million, accounting for one-fifth of the total stray animals in the world. Their survival is extremely difficult.
"Only a few minks were rescued after abandonment, and most minks ended up being miserable because they did not have the ability to survive in the wild."Diaodiu said that not long ago in Shanghai, a mink was found abandoned in the green belt. It looked 3 months old and was rescued by kind-hearted people, but it had a hole in its belly and maggots inside it, and it was not rescued in the end.
Qiming Animal Rescue Center's abandonment situations, including a puppy with a newly broken umbilical cord, was discarded in the trash can. Qiao Wei said that in this case, it is difficult to rescue the puppy, and it is difficult to save one out of 100. You also need to find a bigger dog to bring the puppy.
"If the pet is abandoned, it will increase the stress of anxiety, and some animals have serious self-harm, and even die. Alternative pets like honey bags can cause self-harm because of loneliness and depression. "Zhu Idi told the Red Star News reporter that if the pet is abandoned, the pet's own health and psychology will be affected.
As consumers' demand for pet types becomes more diverse, "alternative" pets such as snakes, lizards, and diamond sawn carp have begun to be circulated in the market. Alternative pets, also known as "spread pets", are the families that differentiate traditional pets such as cats and dogs, companion animal , which includes everything from amphibians , reptiles , arthropod to mammals. However, some relevant professionals pointed out that "spread pets" are animals that have not been domesticated by thousands of years and are still wild animals in nature.
Recently, crocodile gar appeared in landscape pools in many places in China, which may be abandoned by some people." ". According to media reports, according to experts, alligator gar is a large and ferocious fish, belonging to carnivorous fish, from the Americas, and was once introduced to China as an ornamental fish . A crocodile gar appeared in a landscape pond in a community in Shenzhen, and the ornamental fish in the pond was basically eaten. Xu Jianyong, a member of the Shenzhen Wildlife Conservation Association, said that the crocodile gar in the artificial lake should be caused by the irresponsible stocking behavior of some people. Alligator gar is a Alien species that can cause harm are not allowed to be released or discarded in the wild at will, because it will pose a serious threat to personal safety and ecological environment.
Liuzhou Small Animal Protection Association will rescue ordinary cats and dogs on a daily basis, and also rescue American green iguanas, hedgehog , rabbits and other alternative pets, as well as owls , monkey-faced eagle , numerals, . Wild animals such as groundhog . The association’s volunteer Weiwei said in an interview with Red Star News reporter that in July 2018, the rescue team rescued an abandoned American green iguana in the city. The green iguana was found to be handed over by local firefighters, and it was nearly 1.5 meters long at that time. Due to the different climate, the association died after only two years of care. Weiwei said that the green iguana is an alien species in China, and such a large wildlife appears in the city. The green iguana in the Americas is very likely to be raised and abandoned by someone.
Although many private rescue volunteer teams spontaneously rescue all kinds of animals that need protection, not everyone has the experience of rescue of alternative pets. The Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association issued a document saying that animals such as cats and dogs are rescued, and there is no experience in rescuing alien pets. The rescue team will remind the discoverers to contact the Forestry Bureau, the Forest Public Security Bureau or other relevant departments based on the situation. Door solves the problem.
↑Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association Weibo screenshot
Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Protection Station Webmaster Li Li mentioned that some wild leopard cats are placed in the market as pet cats. The buyer cannot identify them when purchasing them, and only sees the leopard cats cute. As the leopard cats grow, they are more wild and fierce than ordinary domestic cats, and some leopard cats are kept Secretly "release animals", and some call the protection station for help.
In the daily work of the protection station, Li Li has rescued many species that do not belong to Beijing, and some even foreign animals. In the early years, some people released "unknown breed" snakes in sacks, and some people released Brazilian turtles, snapping turtles and and other animals into the wild, "This may cause a local devastating blow to the local ecosystem."
Li Li also mentioned that some people feed Tibetan Mastiff , Red Fox , Cobra and other animals as alien pets and then release them into the mountains and forests. They may not have pure genes or have related diseases, which will bring hidden dangers of infectiousness and gene instability to local related animals. Many situations will affect the local biological environment. Li Li also said that with the strengthening of management and the improvement of laws, there have been fewer wild animals in protection stations in recent years.
"In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of people raising alien pets in China, but not every breeder knows what potential risks exist in raising alien pets. "Handling demand for alien pets not only directly affects the animals themselves, but also increases risks in ecological security, biosafety and public health. "
green iguana is a very popular reptile pet in some countries and regions. However, there is also an invasion of green iguanas, which has brought serious environmental problems and economic losses to the local area. "In Taiwan, my country, due to human release and abandonment, green iguanas have formed wild populations in the local area. Due to the lack of natural enemies, green iguanas have reproduced in large quantities, not only destroying local vegetation, but have also been reported to be borered on river embankments, seriously threatening the lives and property of local residents. "Dr. Sun Quanhui told the Red Star News reporter.
volunteer Weiwei called for: "Everyone should choose pets carefully. The animals prohibited by law must not be kept. Even if they can be raised legally, they hope to be responsible for life and fulfill their owner's obligations and responsibilities. Because life is not a toy. "
Expert Legal Analysis:
Arbitrarily discarded may be suspected of crime
World Animal Protection Association Dr. Sun Quanhui told Red Star News reporter: "For the traditional sense of raising cats and dogs, my country's " Animal Epidemic Prevention Law ", the "Pet Breeding Management Regulations" and "Dog Management Regulations" issued by various provinces and cities, etc., have clear relevant regulations. "
Red Star News reporters found that some areas are improving relevant regulations in preventing abandonment of pets.
The first case of dog owner abandoning a dog in Shanghai occurred in 2020. Two takeaway guys found an injured elderly dog abandoned by someone on the roadside. Shanghai Pudong After the police intervened, according to the " Shanghai Dog Management Regulations ", the abandoned man Wu was fined 500 yuan.
in the lake North, the "Hubei Province Animal Epidemic Prevention Regulations (Amendment)" implemented on March 1 this year stipulates that if a dog is abandoned, the dog will be accommodated by the dog registration authority and a fine of not less than 1,000 yuan and not more than 5,000 yuan is imposed.
In Fujian, abandoned dogs may be fined 10,000 yuan. Recently, the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Fujian Provincial People's Congress voted to pass the "Fujian Province Animal Epidemic Prevention Regulations", which will be implemented on October 1. The "Regulations" require that units and individuals who raise dogs shall not Abstaining from the dog at will and clearly stipulate that if units and individuals abandon dogs at will, causing the spread of animal epidemics, the animal epidemic prevention department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall impose a fine of up to 10,000 yuan.
Central South University of Finance and Economics and Law Professor Qian Yefang believes that the " Wild Animal Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" has restrictive provisions on releasing animals, but there are no special provisions on abandoning pets. Only some local regulations cannot abandon pets such as dogs. For example, For example, the "Notice on Effectively Regulating Civilized Dog Raising Behaviors" issued by the Public Security Bureau of Luliang City and the Urban Management Bureau of of Shanxi Province stipulates that dogs must not be abused or abandoned.
Dr. Sun Quanhui told the Red Star News reporter, "Many species of different pets sold are actually endangered species, and are prohibited from international trade by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Some are protected by our country's laws and illegal breeding is prohibited. "The green iguanas abandoned by some people are included in Appendix II of CITES and are approved as national second-class protected animal according to law. Therefore, it is illegal to acquire, transport and sell green iguanas in our country.
"It is understood that laws and regulations for raising wild animals and pets are still being drafted. In the future, some artificially bred birds and reptiles may be allowed to be kept as pets." Dr. Sun Quanhui also mentioned.
Professor of China University of Political Science and Law, Criminal Law expert Ruan Qilin told Red Star News reporters that if the invasive alien species or state-protected animals are raised and discarded, then it may be suspected of committing a crime. According to the provisions of the "Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (XI)", "If the violation of national regulations and illegally introduce, release or discard invasive alien species, and the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or detention, and shall be fined alone."
Ruan Qilin mentioned that animals included in the " National Key Protected Wild Animals List " and the first- and second-level protection lists in each province cannot be raised as pets by individuals without authorization. China has joined CITES, and the species in Appendix I and II are equivalent to national first-class and second-class protected wild animals . If raised, it will involve legal risks.
Ruan Qilin said that Article 1249 of the " Civil Code " stipulates that if an abandoned or fleeing animal causes damage to others during the abandonment or fleeing period, the original animal breeder or manager shall bear the responsibility for infringement of . No matter what kind of pet it is, as long as it does not involve environmental damage and does not protect animals, it is generally not a problem to keep. If the pets raised cause damage to others and infringes on the rights and interests of others, the pet owner will need to bear civil liability, and if the circumstances are serious, they will need to bear criminal liability.
"If you like animals, you should choose the right way. In life consumption such as tourism, health care, diet, and pets, you should pursue the concept of treating animals kindly and respecting life, reduce the adverse effects on animals, and avoid causing unnecessary pain and harm to animals." Dr. Sun Quanhui said, "Protecting and treating animals well is an important part of a harmonious society and ecological civilization, and an inevitable requirement for the sustainable development of humans and society."
(the names in the article are pseudonyms)
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