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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: 2) by istartedi on Saturday April 11 2020, @04:57PM
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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