Stray dogs buried alive in N China causes outrage
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A post on Sina Weibo has appealed for help after scores of stray dogs are seen trapped in a pit near a garbage dump in Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. [Photo/Sina Weibo] |
A member of staff with the bureau told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that they had caught dozens of stray dogs and put them in a rented yard because of complaints from residents that people and domestic animals had been bitten.
"We went to the yard after hearing about the reports, but only a few were there," she said.
She emphasized that bureau staff could not have conducted such acts because it could cause epidemics.
The Ta Foundation, a Beijing-based NGO for strays, has sent a letter to the local government to intervene, according to Su.
The incident has angered many, and a post about it had been forwarded more than 18,000 times by Sunday morning. Chinese netizens called the act "inhumane" and "shameful".
"Life is equal, how could thugs conduct such a massacre?" wrote a Weibo user with the screen name "MingyangsihaiUSA".
Stories regarding stray animals have made the headlines, causing a wave of public fury.
In May 2013, dozens of stray cats were abused and slaughtered in a residential district in Beijing, with the fur of the animals almost completely plucked out.
Five months later, a poster on a wall in a district in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, alleged that some people had deliberately put poison in the area and killed a dozen cats. The poster warned people to take care of their pets.
Su said, "The government should step in and tackle the problems regarding oft-neglected stray animals."
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