China offered $100k to end dog killing

[kpete]

Humane Society Offers Aid for China Dogs

By ALEXA OLESEN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 9, 2006; 3:43 AM

BEIJING -- The Humane Society on Wednesday said it will give China $100,000 to vaccinate dogs against rabies if it promises to immediately stop their mass slaughter in areas where humans have died from the disease.

The financial aid was offered to help set up a rabies control program in Jining, a city in the coastal province of Shandong, where officials last week killed thousands of dogs after 16 people died of rabies over an eight-month period.

"There are far better ways of addressing rabies control to promote the safety of your citizens, the good reputation of China and the welfare of dogs," Wayne Pacelle, president of The Humane Society of the United States, said in an open letter to China's ambassador in Washington.

An official with the Ministry of Agriculture's media affairs office declined to immediately comment and asked to first see a Chinese translation of the Humane Society's statement. He refused to give his name.

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[jsamuel]

1. smart politics

[rubberducky]

2. Sorry, but to give them money to act humanely

does not get it. Take the Olympics away from them.

[Patchuli]

3. I agree with your point!

That'd get them to back up and regroup!

But whatever it takes to get them to stop acting like savages...I am proud of the Humane Society for this action.