Supervision needs to have more bark and bite By LI YANG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-07 07:28 Employees of ZTO Express sort packages in Donghai county, Jiangsu province. ZHANG KAIHU/FOR CHINA DAILY
The delivery company ZTO Express issued an apology on Monday after one of its business outlets in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was found to have been transporting puppies and kittens as part of the controversial blind box sales of pets on e-commerce sites.
Volunteers from Chengdu Aizhijia Animal Rescue Center, a local animal welfare group, intercepted about 160 packages containing live animals as they were being loaded onto a truck. Four were found to have died.
Dogs must be leashed outdoors in China from May 1 Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-01 15:26 Share [Photo/IC]
BEIJING Dog owners must keep their furry friends on a leash in outdoor areas as China s revised Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention takes effect on Saturday.
Previously, only local regulations in some provincial regions required dog owners to keep their pets on a leash in public areas.
Chinese lawmakers adopted the revision in January in a bid to prevent dogs from hurting people, as well as to reduce transmission of infectious diseases.
Dogs should also wear a dog tag, be inoculated against rabies and registered with local authorities, according to the law.
2021-05-01 07:06:03 GMT2021-05-01 15:06:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) Dog owners must keep their furry friends on a leash in outdoor areas as China s revised Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention takes effect on Saturday.
Previously, only local regulations in some provincial regions required dog owners to keep their pets on a leash in public areas.
Chinese lawmakers adopted the revision in January in a bid to prevent dogs from hurting people, as well as to reduce transmission of infectious diseases.
Dogs should also wear a dog tag, be inoculated against rabies and registered with local authorities, according to the law.