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New Animal Protection Law under Consideration in China SPECIAL REPORT BROADCAST STREAMED IN FROM CHINA ANIMALS ASIA REPORT: 6/19/09 Listen in Chinese   Listen in English Companions Betrayed Hanzhong City, China and the surrounding villages are home to over 300,000 residents and many of these people were also dog owners. In this region of China just days ago, over 37,000 dogs lived in harmony with the people. But due to a recent outbreak of rabies, 12 people have died after being bitten and not receiving medical attention soon enough. Now these people whose loving family pets they shared their lives with have had their lives shattered by a local government order for dog culling.  Officials have set out to kill all dogs in the area; friendly, healthy, vaccinated or not. WFL Endangered Stream Live presents a special report straight from China with the most recent news about the massacre of dogs. Katia Louise catches up with Jill Robinson, Founder and CEO of Animals Asia while on road tour in the UK to broadcast an international appeal for support and help keep this outbreak and the culling of dogs from spreading to other areas. It’s a panic situation with a division of local citizens; those with pets and those empowered by the local government to see that every last dog is killed. Thousands of families are now devastated by the barbaric killing of their pets. Over 30,000 dogs have been killed and more lives are being taken every day. Zhu Rainbow, PR Manager for Animals Asia streams in from China, stating that the action by the Chinese government is unacceptable and inhumane. Without even the most common knowledge of dogs and the ramifications of rabies, these people did not seek medical attention until too late. Local Chinese animal protection groups are working together with Animals Asia to educate the public and provide vaccine support to keep this situation from spreading to other areas. Local dog owners gather together, lighting candles in prayer for their lost companions. No dog is safe, even those who have been hidden inside their home by their owners, once discovered, houses are stormed and their pets are beaten to death right there in front of the whole family. The people of China are asking for support from fellow dog loving people to write letters to their government asking them to stop the killing. Donations are also needed.  Visit AnimalsAsia.org to donate.   COMMENTS & EMAILS My name is Amy Shields and I am sending you an email to express my frustration about China . I am Canadian and I live in Vancouver and I have pets . I could never imagine what these people in China went though losing their family pets . I have for a long time to try to understand why the government does this to their citizens . I sure that is sparking international out rage  on this issue . I also looked up Zhu Rainbow , I was listening to his interview on the radio . I also looked up his contact info , and then saw all the cages full of dogs . That were going to sent some where to be killed , so they could be eaten . This doesn’t make sense to me , the Chinese are concern about rabies but are willing to eat dogs . I can’t help feeling frustrated about China’s attitude about animals . This really needs to change , I also feel that these people that just lost their pets , should be able to replace their pets by adopting dogs that need homes . That only seems right to me , I hoping that they can find harmony again and replace their love ones , Thanks , Amy Shields 6/22/09