The "Notice on Strengthening Dog Management in Urban Areas" issued by Jiangmen City

The "Notice on Strengthening Dog Management in Urban Areas" issued by Jiangmen City involves the five major departments of public security, agriculture, urban management, industry and commerce, and health. Among them, the industrial and commercial department is responsible for the supervision and management of dog, dog meat, and dog skin business activities in the market, and investigates and punishes illegal business activities. The urban management department is responsible for investigating and punishing the sale of dogs in public places such as roads and squares and illegal walking of dogs that damage the city appearance and affect environmental sanitation. Reports on the "Jiangmen Dog Ban Order" Jiangmen Municipal Public Security Bureau, Agriculture Bureau, Urban Management Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, and Health Bureau jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening Dog Management in Urban Areas" on July 28, stipulating that Pengjiang, Jianghai The three districts of Xinhui and Xinhui are all prohibited areas for dogs. All types of dogs (including pet dogs) are not allowed to be kept in the prohibited areas. The "Notice" requires that dogs are prohibited from entering all public places and roads in the urban area. All dogs raised without approval must be handled by citizens themselves before August 10, or sent to designated agriculture and animal husbandry departments for processing. Starting from August 26, dog management and joint law enforcement officers will uniformly confiscate dogs that are illegally raised in public places in prohibited areas, hunt, kill, injure and disturb people. According to the relevant departments of Jiangmen City, in recent years, Problems such as dogs hurting people and disturbing people have become increasingly prominent in Jiangmen City. Data show that in 2010, 12,014 people were injured by dogs in Pengjiang, Jianghai and Xinhui districts, and 42 people died from rabies in the city from 2008 to 2010. From January to July this year, Jiangmen City’s 110 police station*** received more than 4,000 complaints about dogs disturbing residents; the 12345 government service hotline*** received more than 800 complaints about dogs, and the number of complaints Rising month by month. At the same time, as of June statistics, the city government's 12345 hotline has received more than 180 complaints about dogs disturbing residents this year, with an average of one complaint per day. [2] Domestic dogs without licenses: The dogs currently kept in citizens’ homes are actually unlicensed dogs. A policeman from a police station in Pengjiang District, Jiangmen City told reporters that the public security department has never provided dog licensing services, and the specific operation has not yet been clarified, but relevant regulations may be issued in the future. However, relevant people from the public security department admitted that this work is indeed difficult to operate. According to reports, since Jiangmen City has no legislative power, dog management is obviously insufficient compared to cities such as Guangzhou and Zhuhai, and there is a big gap. The existing regulations are based on the "Guangdong Province Dog Management Regulations (Amendment)", but this regulation is It was formulated more than ten years ago and lacks specific operational details. Facing abandonment, all confiscated dogs will be sent to the Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, and then processed centrally. Xie Dong, director of the center, told reporters that all dogs received will not be sent to be raised elsewhere, but will be sent to the animal experimental base in Jiangmen City for injection euthanasia, and then cremated or harmlessly treated and buried. Xie Dong said that according to statistics from the animal husbandry department, there are about 96,000 dogs in Jiangmen City, and 21,000 dogs are in the three urban areas of Pengjiang, Jianghai and Xinhui that are prohibited areas. “There are many new ones among them, with a total number of more than 13,000. [3] After the "Notice" comes out, it means that more than 20,000 dogs are facing the fate of being abandoned by their owners. They are not sent to humane treatment. Destruction means that they can only be transferred to the countryside to be fostered by relatives and friends. Citizens responded that 90% of netizens did not agree with the "ban on keeping dogs". I randomly interviewed some citizens in Jiangmen, and only a few people were in favor of it. The vast majority of citizens expressed opposition, and some even expressed opposition. Strongly questioning whether the relevant departments are implementing this one-size-fits-all approach. More citizens are opposed to the government's "one-size-fits-all" approach. "Now that the "Notice" is issued, it is equivalent to eradicating all dogs. The ugly thing is that they will all be killed. Some citizens are not even given a dog license. This is very unfair and disrespectful of life. "There are also a few people who are in favor of the government's decision to ban dog breeding. He told reporters, "Keeping dogs is extremely unhygienic and can easily cause rabies and other infectious diseases. It can also easily hinder and scare others. Some owners are even irresponsible and just keep them if they want. , abandon them if you don't want to keep them. As a result, the number of stray dogs on the street is increasing day by day, and incidents of hurting people occur from time to time.

According to data provided by the Jiangmen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the problem of dogs hurting people in Jiangmen City has become increasingly prominent in recent years. On the other hand, pet dogs defecate everywhere in public places, and most dog owners do not deal with their pets' feces, which also brings a lot of confusion to urban management. Public opinion should be widely solicited when issuing political orders. Although the "dog ban" has been revised, the issues behind the incident are worth thinking about. A Weibo survey titled "Jiangmen Dog Ban, please express your opinion!" showed that among the 550 people who voted, 477 people were firmly opposed to the "Dog Ban", accounting for 87%; only 13 people said so. Agree, accounting for 2, others are neutral. Most people hope that the government will introduce more humane and operational regulations on dog breeding. Some people believe that today’s society has diversified interests and the corresponding social management has become more complicated. Even if the government wants to issue a "dog ban", it should widely solicit public opinion. Wang Xuyang, a senior lawyer at Yi Chunqiu Law Firm in Guangdong Province, said that the problem of urban dog breeding is not only in Jiangmen, but also widespread across the country. But this is ultimately a "people" problem, not a dog problem. The government should strictly manage dog owners and improve various systems instead of banning dogs. Original text from