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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.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:16AM (3 children)
Now, Roadkill Possums! Them's some fine eating. And Huckabee Squirrel, but you want to "chip" um, or it destroys the brains, which are good eating and the vector for the transmission of mad Squirrel disease to humans, also known as Arkansas Republicans. (Case in point, see "Tom Cotton", or "Huckabee".) So, yeah, Chinese wet markets have nothing on the fierce tradition of feeding yourself via the second amendment is shithole states like Arkansas. Or Missouri. Don't want to be racist, or anything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:18AM (1 child)
Man Dies from Extremely Rare Disease After Eating Squirrel Brains [livescience.com]
Not that rare, it seems.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:36PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:24AM
And do please try the "Arkansas Bar-B-Qued rabbit! Some of the bones are a bit long, for Rabbit, but it is Arkansaws! Nothing like that Alabama nonsense, where "the secret is in the sauce!"