My Giggs: I can’t imagine giving her up or sending her to a horrible death.
China is implementing a “one dog per family” law in many provinces, leaving owners devastated and dogs destroyed.
As of July 1st, families in Guangzhou (formerly Canton) with more than one dog would have to make the heart breaking decision of which pet they would keep.
And what happens to all the castaway dogs? Of course, the Chinese government has not vocalized specific plans but in parts of China where the law has already been implemented there are widespread reports of authorities clubbing dogs to death with horrified owners present.
My dog is a member of my family. I cannot imagine the pain that choosing one dog over another, knowing that one was off to meet certain death would cause.
I get a horrible feeling when I think of the day when my dog, Giggs, will succumb to old age or hip dysplasia and I’ll be without her. I cannot imagine losing her to such an inhumane end as death by bludgeoning.
China claims to be combating an overpopulation of stray and often rabid dogs. Surely there must be another answer to the problem.
Perhaps China could levy heavier taxes on families with more than one dog, or strictly enforce that owners are obtaining vaccination.
Perhaps these new laws could be grandfathered in, whereas the law will only be applicable to new owners from the present point in time onward. Families which already include two or more dogs would be allowed to see their dogs live to the end of their natural life.
This is truly sickening to me. I know China has a communist government which does not allow much international interference but where is PeTA? Where is the Humane Society?
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