Chinese police squads are reportedly sweeping through the country’s capitol city on a state-sponsored hunt for residents who harbor large-breed dogs -- like Labradors, Dalmatians and collies -- as pets.
The New York Times reports the police, bearing nets and metal snares, are confiscating the animals, which cannot be recovered and often end up in the hands of dog-meat dealers, in tune with a long-standing law prohibiting large-breed dogs within the city limits of Bejing.“People are in a complete panic.”- Mary Peng, chief executive of the International Center for Veterinary Services“People are in a complete panic,” Mary Peng, chief executive of the International Center for Veterinary Services, a pet hospital in Beijing, told The Times. “My phone has not stopped ringing.”
In China, dog owners have bone to pick over large-breed crackdown | Fox News
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