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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: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Saturday April 11 2020, @10:29PM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday April 11 2020, @10:29PM (#981322) Journal
    "How tf did you get modded up?"

    How would I know?

    "Where did GP call you a nazi!?"

    Here: "Go back to slashdot or daily stormer[...]"

    "Actually, "faggot" is an insult (it means the person is to be used as kindling, ie. burnt to death) and fighting words (because you're saying they deserve to die because of their sexual orientation)."

    Factually incorrect, and a truly sad misinterpretation.

    The word, in application to people (and young men in particular) actually has quite a different origin. In the boarding school system, the lower classmen were designated 'faggots' and each was assigned to an upper classman who was designated their 'fag-master.' This was a system of hazing and abuse, designed to break down the little faggots and forcibly mould them into what society wanted them to be. The metaphor at work, in other words, was not one of burning faggots, but one of making chipboard.

    By my time, it had evolved from 'lower classmen' specifically, to anyone that the herd rejects, and by extension from there to be the opposite for 'breeder.'

    So you could say that it's an insult if you're a breeder, but even that isn't really true. Most breeders wouldn't be insulted by it, anymore than I would be insulted if you called me a breeder. "Well, no, but did you have a point?" Not insulted, just puzzled, what are you on about?

    Only someone who is not only a breeder, but a breeder with a VERY shaky self-image who leans VERY heavily on being a breeder in order to feel worthwhile themselves, to the point of a serious personality defect, would really think it's an insult to be called not-a-breeder.

    As to the rest, you sound to me like you suffer from some serious self-hatred. Obviously you're hiding behind AC so I don't know anything about you, but that's definitely the impression you're giving with these posts. If someone calls you faggot in the street you ball your fists up and look for a fight? That's sad. I look up expecting to see an old friend.

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