New pet owner rules take effect in Shanghai
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Suggestions abound on how to make cities better places for dogs to inhabit.
"It's better to have a separate dog walking area in neighborhoods or in parks to ensure that dogs have places to play in cities," said Zhang Guangren, the veterinarian at a local pet hospital in Putuo district.
Zhang called on the local government to issue policies meant to hold the dog-breeding industry to a high standard and to encourage dog sterilization, which he believes will prevent an increase in the population of homeless or wild dogs.
Guide dogs given exceptions
Guide dogs will be allowed in all public venues displaying the appropriate sign, according to the new regulation on the management of dogs that comes into force in Shanghai on Sunday.
The regulation bans all other dogs from entering public venues such as cinemas, hospitals, subway stations, buses and restaurants.
At the moment, there are only 13 guide dogs with authorized licenses in Shanghai, all from a Nanjing-based guide dog training center.
According to a draft regulation on the construction of barrier-free facilities issued last month by the State Council's Legal Affairs Office, disabled people should be able to use all means of public transport and public areas accompanied by identified guide dogs.
Experts say that residents should not touch or play with guide dogs as it could distract them from their task of helping the blind.
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