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You're probably not a cat person, CTT.

Anyone else seen what's going in China with their dog population?

Dog owners bite back in China’s great pet purge - Sunday Times - Times Online

In cities all over China, dog lovers have been outraged as police have swept through districts killing unlicensed dogs and confiscating others in a nationwide purge of the animals.

The aim is to rid the streets of strays and to fight rabies, which claimed 326 lives in China last month alone. It is the heavy-handed and arbitrary imposition of the rules which has the pet owners up in arms.

Yesterday’s protest was sparked by police raids on an area of luxury villas. According to the state news agency, Xinhua, the security forces discovered six “large unlicensed dogs” in the dragnet. It did not disclose their fate. Elsewhere, residents have reported seeing policemen beating dogs to death in the street.

Only dogs shorter than 14 inches are allowed. “Mastiffs, dobermans, saint bernards and great danes are banned,” Xinhua said, along with any dog considered “dangerous”.