(06-14-2012, 08:36 PM)Victor Leigh Wrote: From a dog lover's point of view, that's a horrible situation. However we have to consider the fact that what happened took place in a country where dog meat is sold as "fragrant flesh" to be eaten as an aphrodisiac.
As for the anti-rabies program, I think, if I understand rightly how the Chinese government works, the dog owners will have to pay for it. Which is quite logical, actually. Why should people who do not keep dogs have to pay for the vaccination of dogs kept by other people? It would almost be like forcing people who don't keep dogs to clean up dog poop.
I'm not sure if I still live in a 3rd world country but China looks more industrialized than the Philippines. Yet our mayor and other mayors (specifically in Marikina), require dog registration costing roughly a dollar per dog and with the registration, you get to have free anti-rabies shots. I think that's a good deal.
In my city, we have free rabies shots because the mayor knows that people cannot afford to spend extra on this due to the poverty. So I'm just confused why it is necessary to beat street dogs in the eyes of the public?
