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1-Dog Rule Gnaws on Chinese

Owners refuse to give up pooches, despite crackdown

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 17, 2009 9:31 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Guangzhou residents have gotten used to the one-child rule, but they’re drawing a line in the sand when it comes to their city’s new one-dog policy, ABC News reports. Most are ignoring or evading the month-old rule. “I’ll definitely not give up on my dogs, because they’re a part of my life,” says one office worker, who owns six dogs. “I’m very angry,” says another owner. “What’s the difference between one dog or two dogs?”

Dogs, once outlawed as a bourgeois luxury, have become quite popular among China’s rising middle class. But authorities are fed up with the growing ranks of abandoned strays, the messes they leave, and the complaints they draw from neighbors. A local animal rights group is urging owners to be flexible, suggesting owners have relatives register their excess dogs for them.

A Chinese man walks a dog on the streets of Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province.
A Chinese man walks a dog on the streets of Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province.   (AP Photo)
Chinese residents walk their dogs on the streets of Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province.
Chinese residents walk their dogs on the streets of Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province.   (AP Photo)
A pet dog stands in a box while several plastic bags of goldfish are shown for sale at a pet and tropical fish market in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.
A pet dog stands in a box while several plastic bags of goldfish are shown for sale at a pet and tropical fish market in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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COMMENTS
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iamacidangel
Aug 20, 2009 10:17 AM CDT
Local restaraunts must be happy with this law! Cheaper meat for all!
cognitivefilter
Aug 18, 2009 5:47 AM CDT
do you mean 'wok', really botched that joke there bro
Mad
Aug 17, 2009 7:39 AM CDT
I rather they walk their dogs than wak their dogs

 
China • one child policy • Guangzhou • dog

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