{"id":15942,"date":"2013-08-08T02:08:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T02:08:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-08-08T02:08:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T02:08:21","slug":"Chinese-Police-Officer-breaks-law-to-rescue-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15942","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Police Officer breaks law to rescue dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many know, rules on dog ownership in China are harshly regulated. Dogs were banned entirely from Beijing\u2019s city center until 1983, and currently in place is a one-dog-shorter-than-14-inches-per-household rule. Dogs were not always so shunned in China, and many are working to establish rights for them and other animals across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent DNA studies have shown that domesticated dogs very likely originated in east Asia, and they were loved and even treated like royalty in China for hundreds of years.<\/strong> It was not until the Communist era that mentality about dogs changed. They became seen as a symbol of decadence during a time of scarcity, and then were viewed as uncivilized, rabies-spreading polluters.<\/p>\n

Dog ownership began to rise when Mao Zedong died in 1976, but the antiquated laws and perceptions about dogs have not been eliminated. Dogs in Beijing are targeted by police who will carry them off in cages to be put to sleep or sold for meat.<\/p>\n

But not all police are crazy about China\u2019s crackdown. One officer, who will remain anonymous, is a champion of dogs and has broken the very laws he is sworn to uphold to protect them. He knows that laws are not always just, and has rescued dozens of confiscated dogs over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy colleagues don\u2019t have any feelings toward dogs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He knows what he is doing is \u201cwrong,\u201d and that he could get in a lot of trouble, but risks his career and his own freedom to save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ask my colleagues [at the police station] first. But if they won\u2019t give the dog to me, I\u2019ll steal it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He sneaks in at night when there are fewer officers around, and clandestinely removes dogs from their cages and the building. He was motivated to do this after seeing dogs crammed into cages, waiting to die.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt terrible when I saw them,\u201d he said. \u201cI have no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many citizens violate the laws by owning larger breeds or more than one dog. Most keep them hidden, only walking them in public after midnight, but some are more brazen about their choice to break the laws. Large dogs are illegal because it is believed they will attack humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because a dog is big, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s aggressive,\u201d said one Beijing man, who walks his two golden retrievers after dark.<\/p>\n

Even small dogs are seized, if their owners can\u2019t afford the costly registration fees.<\/strong> There is an initial 1,000 yuan ($160) cost, as well as a yearly 500 yuan renewal fee.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome owners don\u2019t have the ability to pay,\u201d said the officer, pointing at a small golden dog. \u201cThis one was taken from an old person living on social security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 30 million Chinese homes have a dog or cat, and most do not agree with their country\u2019s laws. Fearing for their dogs\u2019 lives, Beijing residents shuttle them to kennels outside of city borders, hoping the severe enforcement will die down and that they can bring their pets home again.<\/p>\n

The unknown officer is doing his part to keep dogs safe. He says he has rescued 12 dogs so far this summer, 5 of them being kept at his home, much to the chagrin of his wife.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regulations are unreasonable,\u201d he said matter of factly. \u201cIf people can afford to raise (more than) one dog, I don\u2019t see why it should be illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is God’s law above all else. That is what we should be concerned about! We must protect the <\/p>\n

Source www.lifewithdogs.tv<\/a><\/em>
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