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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) by aristarchus on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:28AM (7 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:28AM (#980981) Journal

    And just a couple days ago, the United States reclassified white supremacists as terrorists [www.rfi.fr]. Some times, these things lag behind history.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 11 2020, @03:08AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @03:08AM (#981008) Journal
    Foreign white supremacists. There's plenty of domestic white supremacists that have been investigated over the years. For example, a May 10, 2001 FBI press release [archive.org] had this to say:

    Right-wing extremist groups. Fight-wing terrorist groups often adhere to the principles of racial supremacy and embrace antigovernment, antiregulatory beliefs. Generally, extremist right-wing groups engage in activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. Law enforcement becomes involved when the volatile talk of these groups transgresses into unlawful action.

    On the national level, formal right-wing hate groups, such as World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) and the Aryan Nations, represent a continuing terrorist threat. Although efforts have been made by some extremist groups to reduce openly racist rhetoric in order to appeal to a broader segment of the population and to focus increased attention on anti-government sentiment, racism-based hatred remains an integral component of these groups, core orientations.

    I notice while looking for material, that Randy Weaver, the guy who was at the center of the Ruby Ridge [wikipedia.org] siege (by US Marshals and the FBI) had been interviewed by the FBI in 1985 for information on the Aryan Nations. So why are we supposed to care that a foreign white supremacist group was considered a terrorist group two years ago when the FBI has been investigating these groups for at least 35 years?

    • (Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Saturday April 11 2020, @05:58AM (1 child)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday April 11 2020, @05:58AM (#981029) Journal

      We are coming for your pasty white ass, khallow. Why is it that all the Rand, Ron, Ayn, Paul type livertarians are all such closet white supremacist racist types? As if we did not already know that your backhoe was an Aryan backhoe, a pure Teutonic Back hoe, of the Temple of Ultima Thule? You are transparent, khallow, a common failing of white supremacists when they go too white, and disappear. Better than when they expose themselves to the sun, and become bright red, like lobsters. But, yeah, the Nazis got their ideas of eugenics from American racist assholes, transparently. So only logical that the whole thing should spin around, through the less educated Germans, and thence into the brain-damaged Ethanol-fueled Ruskies, and come back to the state department all these years later. But they have always been here. Some of them, I am sure, are not good people, and the rest need to be impaled upon a red-hot poker in a trial by ordeal, like we used to use in the old days. Up for it, khallow? Got your safeword all ready? That's nice.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:24AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:24AM (#981043) Journal
        Sorry, i replied. 35+ years >> 2 years.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:22AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:22AM (#981441)

    After enduring months of lockdown, Africans in China are being targeted and evicted from apartments. There are countries with governments that go out of their way to harm minorities, but by all means, keep the spotlight steadily focused on the country with 0.001% of the problem, if you really do not care about racism and are just a shil for political hacks. It seems like the Democrat party and most of the media has sold themselves to China.

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:59AM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday April 12 2020, @06:59AM (#981448) Journal

      Are you saying that you are a racist? Having a hard time understanding your post. More slurs on someone, maybe a Lamestream or an SJW would place you. Or perhaps just a clear statement of your message.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @07:55PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @07:55PM (#981677)

        This was a statement about proving someone's true values. Lets say that someone claims to value all human lives equally. It costs nothing to make that claim, so how do you prove that they really mean it? If you point out that China is throwing black people out of their homes and onto the streets, and their response is essentially "so what?", then it is reasonable to assume that they do not value all human lives equally, and that they had ulterior motives for making their claim. It would be beneficial to figure what those ulterior motives are, because deceitful virtues are a powerful tool for acquiring political power, and people who do this are very deceptive and dangerous. I do not think that it is a coincidence that the same people who claim that hydroxychloroquine will not work for treating COVID-19 are the same ones who will not condemn China for their human rights abuses. The Democratic party is owned by China, and China wants the US death toll to be high so that they can get their Democratic party back in power. Of course, China's puppets (democrats, never-Trump republicans, news media, Hollywood, etc.) will not condemn China for their human rights abuses.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @09:45PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @09:45PM (#981710)

          The mod to this post was " -1, Troll"; essentially a "so what?" response. Thank you for indicating your true position on human rights abuses, including racism.