This Alaskan dog was rescued at the Yixin Stray Animal Rescue Center in Kunming, Yunnan Province on June 30. When it was discovered by the rescue station staff, it was already dying and whimpering in pain.
I took this photo at a stray dog rescue station in Kunming
There are hundreds of such dogs living in the rescue station. Some of their bodies are partially mutilated, some are suffering from certain diseases, and some are huddled in the corner and trembling. .
In order to give these little guys a warm home, volunteers at the rescue station have been recruiting dog lovers to make donations. Apart from this, the rescue station has no other sources of funding.
According to Ms. Ning, one of the people in charge of the site, there is no way to fully treat seriously injured dogs like this, and they can only maintain their basic survival; because there are too many, the rescue amount for each dog is more than 10,000 yuan, considering The other dogs at the rescue station still need basic food and clothing, so they can only give up taking the seriously injured dog to the pet hospital .
With everyone's help, breed dogs or dogs with more beautiful looks can generally attract some people who want to adopt pets or are unwilling to pay to buy pets. Fortunately, they may be able to find a family that loves them and live a "splendid dog life" from then on.
And those dogs that have not been rescued may become "dinner" on people's tables, or they may die in the wilderness, and eventually be completely forgotten by the world.
However, this does not mean that all dogs that are adopted will be lucky. Most of them will be abandoned again, which makes the work of various rescue stations more and more difficult.
In addition, the existence of dog meat shops has also become one of the biggest obstacles to the work of rescue stations; dog traffickers make profits by catching stray dogs or even stealing domestic dogs and selling them to dog meat shops.
Ms. Ning raised a question: "The National Catalog of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources promulgated in 2020 has made it clear that dogs are not livestock and poultry, and dogs cannot be sold as food, so why are there so many dog meat shops on various streets? Alley?”
Is eating dog meat “illegal”?
According to Ms. Ning’s explanation, we obtained certain confirmation after reviewing relevant information. On May 29, 2020, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs officially announced the "National Catalog of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources" (referred to as the "Catalogue"), clarifying the scope of livestock and poultry species for the first time. It clearly stated that dogs are not included in the "Catalogue" "within! This also shows that even though my country's "Animal Protection Law" does not clearly state that eating dog meat is illegal, dogs do not belong to the category of livestock and poultry, and dogs are not wild animals, so they can be domesticated.
So, is it legal to open a dog meat shop?
Dogs are mainly regarded as a companion animal and a member of the family. Eating dog meat has always been criticized by dog lovers, so the existence of dog meat shops is somewhat controversial.
The National Ministry of Rural Affairs clearly gave the following information in its reply to Recommendation No. 1866 of the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress. "At present, there is no clear breed of meat dogs in our country", " The World Organization for Animal Health and most countries do not have relevant regulations or requirements for dog slaughter and quarantine. Therefore, our country does not have the ability to issue dog slaughter and quarantine regulations. " It is obvious that since there is no so-called " meat dog " and the country does not have the conditions to issue dog slaughter and quarantine regulations, dog meat cannot be put on the human table like pigs, cattle and sheep. The so-called "Legal dog meat restaurants" seem to have become a joke.
A big country of stray dogs
There are more than 200 million stray dogs in the world, and China has 40 million, accounting for one-fifth (WHO statistics); and the number is increasing sharply by 1.5 times every year. The reason why such a serious phenomenon occurs is actually because there is still room for improvement in my country's relevant policies.
Among the countries that like to raise dogs, the United States, Japan, Sweden , Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries are very friendly to dogs.
For example, in Japan, every dog walker will hold a leash when going out and carry a plastic bag with them to clean up the dog's excrement in time. After picking up, they will continue to take out napkins and wipe the floor tiles to maintain the hygiene of the public environment on the street. In Switzerland , before raising a dog, you must first complete the corresponding course, and then take the dog to participate in the practical course to prove that you have enough knowledge, ability, and determination to take good care of the dog.
In Sweden, public transportation has dog areas, and it is stipulated that dogs cannot be left alone at home for more than six hours.
In Germany, raising a dog may be more complicated than the procedures you need to go through to get married and have children!
Suppose Tim, a German, is getting married recently. In order to make his wife happy, he decides to buy a Welsh Corgi for his wife who likes dogs. But when he consulted pet breeding farms, he found that things were not that simple.
In addition to the fees for dogs and the high taxes that need to be paid, if you want to raise a dog in Germany, you must obtain a " dog certificate " and purchase relevant insurance for the dog. In order to make his wife feel his sincerity, Tim obtained the dog breeding license in the shortest time. He chose a milk tea-colored Corgi brother, which is one of the two babies born to the Corgi mother this year. Only. The relevant regulations of the
breeding farm are that female dogs are only allowed to give birth once a year and no more than three times in their lifetime. This makes every dog as precious as a gift from God.
When Tim brought the dog to his wife in a pre-packaged basket, her eyes filled with tears. This was the best gift she had ever received!
Although the "density" of dog breeding in Germany is not high compared with other countries in Europe, it is a "dog-loving country". Up to 70% of people who do not own dogs say that they like dogs very much and want to own a dog of their own; while 99% of people who own dogs and 97% of people who do not own dogs believe that dogs are indispensable to our society. The role of substitution.
German people’s recognition and love for dogs are inseparable from Germany’s series of dog protection laws and related adoption procedures. It is the lack of such explicit regulations in China that causes the number of stray dogs to increase year by year and illegal operations. More and more dog meat shops opened, and finally the greedy dog dealers arbitrarily arrested stray dogs and even domestic dogs!
The final destination of stray dogs
In addition to solving the root cause of the problem of the proliferation of stray dogs, where should these dogs who have been adopted by the rescue center go?
According to the staff at the rescue station, most of the dogs with mutilated bodies and poor appearance have been adopted by the staff themselves. However, due to limited personal financial capacity and the number of stray dogs only increasing, they can only let them They barely survive in the rescue station.
The rescue station conducts online publicity by shooting short videos of part of the dog's life, or by editing some copywriting to spread part of the dog's information online to attract some people who are willing to adopt the dog, and has developed a set of The pet adoption process to follow up on the specific situation of the dog in the adoptive home after being adopted.
However, it is unknown whether these dogs will eventually be able to regain a warm home. We hope that everyone who adopts pets can take the corresponding responsibility and give them a "warm home".
Reference:
[1] Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the "National Catalog of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources" [M]
