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posted by martyb on Saturday April 11 2020, @12:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the Fido-Lives! dept.

China reclassifies dogs as pets instead of livestock

China's Ministry of Agriculture issued new guidelines Wednesday that reclassify dogs as pets instead of livestock, part of the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"As far as dogs are concerned, along with the progress of human civilization and the public concern and love for animal protection, dogs have been 'specialized' to become companion animals ... and they will not be regulated as livestock in China," the notice said.

The coronavirus is believed to have originated in horseshoe bats, which may have passed the disease to other wildlife species for sale in the markets of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected.

Following the outbreak, China banned the breeding, trading and consumption of wildlife.

Also at Reuters.


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  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by Snotnose on Saturday April 11 2020, @12:36AM (4 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Saturday April 11 2020, @12:36AM (#980951)

    250 years ago the USA defined negros as 3/5 of a human being.

    / the timeline is probably wrong
    // did not learn that in school
    /// the whole concept, when I learned it, was a huge What's This Feature

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:18AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:18AM (#981063) Homepage
    \\\\ Not seen that variation on "Well, That's Funny" before!
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  • (Score: 2) by istartedi on Saturday April 11 2020, @04:57PM

    by istartedi (123) on Saturday April 11 2020, @04:57PM (#981189) Journal

    No, classifying them as 3/5 human might have implied that they only had to spend 40% of their time serving masters. Instead it was "You're 60% human if we're apportioning representatives for ourselves, otherwise you're zero percent human".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:11AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:11AM (#981440)

    It was called the 3/5 compromise. Why was it called a compromise? It was a debate over whether or not slaves should be counted when a state was determining its total number of residents for legislative and tax purposes. Not their value as a human. One size wanted them to count 100%, and the other side 0%. Guess which side wanted the slaves to not be counted at all? If you guessed the north, you would be correct. The north was responsible for it being 3/5 instead of 5/5.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2020, @08:08AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2020, @08:08AM (#981879)

      Revisionist Racist Assholery, that there is. I figure white supremacists to be, oh, yea 'bouts 3 bits of a human, due to deficiencies in intelligencing. That's about 37.5 cents, for you whiteys.