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China Reclassifies Dogs as Pets Instead of Livestock

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

takyon writes:

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 barbara hudson on Saturday April 11 2020, @05:15PM (3 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Saturday April 11 2020, @05:15PM (#981198) Journal
    And IIRC it was in 1999 that the last of the states took miscegenation laws banning whites marrying blacks off their books. And women are still waiting for constitutional recognition that we're equal to men.

    It's like that old saying - The USA will always do the right thing, but only after trying everything else.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @10:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @10:32AM (#981473)

    Oh STFU. Women have more rights than men. Constitutional recognition my ass. Let me know when white women are being sent to jail equally to black men or just STFU.

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:07PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:07PM (#981483) Homepage
    It of course dovetails closely with the somewhat contrived example I gave, but I deliberately tried to avoid miscegenation as arguably it restricts whites (can't marry non-whites) as much as it restricts non-whites (can't marry whites) - hmmm, worded that way, it restricts whites even more! The dovetailing in fact happens in '64.
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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:27PM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:27PM (#981487) Homepage
      I probably mean '67.

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