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China city curbs dog walking during daytime, bans them in parks, shopping centres

Beijing | ByAssociated Press
Nov 06, 2018 01:55 PM IST

Under communist China’s founder Mao Zedong, pet ownership was considered a bourgeois affectation but it has revived over recent decades with Chinese being more affluent but having smaller families.

A city in southwestern China has banned dog walking during the daytime and banished the pets entirely from parks, shopping centres, sports facilities and other public spaces.

A man walks his dog as he leaves a restaurant flying the Chinese national flag in Beijing, China.(AP Photo)
A man walks his dog as he leaves a restaurant flying the Chinese national flag in Beijing, China.(AP Photo)

The ordinance issued by the city of Wenshan in Yunnan province on October 29 has been called the most restrictive in a nation where dog ownership has long been subject to tight regulations.

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Under communist China’s founder Mao Zedong, pet ownership was considered a bourgeois affectation but it has revived over recent decades with Chinese being more affluent but having smaller families.

Many cities, however, still maintain rules on what size dogs can live in what areas, with the capital Beijing banning large dogs from the city centre. Dog parks are rare and canines are almost always required to be on leash.

However, Wenshan’s ban appears to go well beyond that by saying dogs can only be outside before 7 am and after 10 pm

It also says dog leashes cannot be longer than 1 meter (3 feet) and dogs can only be walked by adults.

Despite the newfound popularity of keeping dogs, many Chinese remain wary over the presence of wild or unleashed dogs. Rabies spread by unvaccinated dogs also accounts for a substantial number of the roughly 2,000 deaths from the disease that the World Health Organization counts in China each year.

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