China mulls first animal rights law

AFP , BEIJING
Monday, May 17, 2004,Page 16

One dog drags himself around with his front paws because his hind legs have been brutally clubbed. Two Pekinese are blinded, their eyes scratched out. A white cat's pelvis has a large, red gash running down it.

But even if the people who tortured these animals were caught, there is no law to prosecute them.

China has laws banning harm to endangered animals, but none protecting other animals. Increasingly, a small but growing number of animal activists and pet owners in China are pushing to build a humane society and legislate animal protections.

Following years of pressure by rights advocates, Beijing is this month mulling draft regulations to stop animal abuse, which will specify how animals should be raised, transported and for those eaten, slaughtered.

Whether the first-ever move succeeds would be seen as a reflection of China's rising living standards being extended into an awareness for protecting animals, animal activists say.

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China doesn't need to do anything except to protect rich corrupt bastards like Jackie 'Whore' Chan and Neil 'Whore' Bush.

human rights wouldn't hurt anything either.