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Chinese City Passes A Historic Law In Wake Of Coronavirus Pandemic Bans Eating Cats And Dogs

A Chinese city has outlawed eating cats and dogs in a landmark new legislation that campaigners hope would pave the way toward a once and for all end to barbaric trade.

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Shenzhen, a city of around 13 million residents, will end the pet meat trade in the aftermath of a coronavirus pandemic related to so-called wet meat markets.

Wet markets are areas where live animals are traded and butched for feed, with sites being known to allow viruses to traverse between species in filthy conditions before they transfer to humans.

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Lawmakers in Shenzhen, a city of around 13 million people in southern China, have passed a proposed legislation to ban the eating of pets, including dogs and cats. The picture shows a man wearing a protective face mask sitting with a dog in a street in Wuhan on March 30
Source: EPA

Legislators in Shenzhen passed China’s first ruling to prohibit cats and dogs from selling meat-which will come into force on May 1.

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This also forbids the eating of other species such as rodents, mice, and turtles.

Animal welfare activists have long been seeking a ban on cat and dog meat by the state.

Activists have now hailed the “historical decision” potentially opening the way for a national moratorium.

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Animal activists have demanded the Chinese government prohibit the consumption of pets for years, and the new accord is the first of its kind in the country. The picture shows dogs resting after being rescued from a truck heading towards the Yulin Dog Meat Festival on June 22, 2017
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The annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival is among China’s most notorious food festivals and involves thousands of dogs brutally slaughtered, skinned, and roasted with blow-torches until they are consumed by the residents.

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Lawmakers in Shenzhen hope to strengthen food safety with the act. Pictured above, a dog wearing a mask is seen on a street of Shanghai after the outbreak was subdued on March 22
Source: Reuters

Dr Peter Li of the Humane Society International (HSI) said: “With Shenzhen making the landmark decision to become China’s first mainland city to ban dog and cat meat consumption, this may really be a milestone moment in attempts to stop this barbaric trade that kills an estimated 10 million dogs and 4 million cats per year in China.point 403 |

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Apart from dogs, the new legislation also bars snake, frog and turtle meat from the dinner table. Pictured above, a pet dog wearing a muzzle walks on a street of Beijing on March 22
Source; AFP

He further added that, “Shenzhen is the fifth largest city in China, and while the dog meat trade there is comparatively small compared to the rest of the country, its real sense is that it might cause a domino effect with other cities following suit.”

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The regulations have been defined by officials as the ‘basic necessity of civilization for a modern society.’

They said prior to adding the extra animal species, which are not wildlife, they had considered the realistic situation of the area. The aim is to ‘satisfy people’s everyday needs more.’

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Situated in southern China
Source: AFP

Nine types of livestock are ideal for people to eat according to the paper. It’s pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, rabbits, chickens, ducks, pigeons and geese.

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Residents are also permitted to dine on lawfully protected marine species.

One representative said the agency needed to make it easy for people to learn what they should buy.

At least 46,000 people have died of COVID-19 and more than 917,000 have been infected worldwide. A medical worker is pictured checking a patient
Source: Reuters

Beijing has yet to amend its wild animal protection legislation, but the passage of the policy was ‘important’ and ‘urgent’ in helping the country win the fight against the outbreak.

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In January, researchers at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said experiments found that humans contracted the virus from animals on the Huanan Seafood Wholesales Market.

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