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China Steps Up Attempt to Fill Buffet Spreads
Dateline Jining, China - Auguest 4th, 2006
Coming only days after local government officials
in Yunnan province clubbed to death over 50,000
dogs to stop the spread of rabies, officials in
Jining have announced their intention to put to
death close to 500,000 animals.
The announcement comes as citizens search for a
way to stop the spread of the disease throughout
the population, which has claimed 16 lives so far.
In many cases, "culling squads" have resorted to
banging pots and pans as they roam through the
streets at night, tracking animals by the sound of
their bark. The measures have not been met with
public approval, however, as many find the actions
to be misguided and cruel.
"This really damages our national image," said
Zhang Luping of the Beijing Human and Animal
Education Centre, "[This] sets a really bad
example to show how lazy and inconsiderate those
local government officials are."
In response, local officials have begun a campaign
justifying their actions.
Regional Chairperson Wang Xiaoximaio called the
culling squads a necessary evil, and that the methods
of clubbing, hanging, and electrocution are not
inhumane.
"Look, there is a justified reason for all this,"
Xiaoximaio said in a statement earlier today, "We
are not just clubbing the animals, we are tenderizing
the meat. We do not want to waste the non-rabid ones,
so we are merely preparing them for the wok should
they be found to be healthy."
In a statement from the White House today, President
Bush was surprisingly supportive of the move.
"The Chinese people face a terror, a horrible, silent
terror. They have a right to defend their country
from this terror, in whatever way they see fit.
We believe that, like in Lebanon, this is a measured,
reasonable response to a horrible, threatening terror.
Furthermore, we are in talks with the Chinese government
to send these culling squads to Beirut, in an attempt
to assist Israel in rooting out Hezballah by banging
pots and pans after dark."
For WNN, this is Wtfisup Withthechinese reporting.
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