by No Dogs Allowed
When it comes to dogs, the Chinese say “Super Size Me!” This Tibetan Mastiff weighs about 150 lbs.
As China becomes more Westernized, its citizens are adopting dogs as pets more often than they are serving them up for dinner. And the Chinese are increasingly preferring super-sized breeds that violate local dog-size restrictions; for example, in Beijing, all dogs must be 35 cm (roughly 13.25 inches) in height or less – but as you can see from the video below, many dog owners are ignoring that law. Dog owners who openly flout dog-size restrictions are being called “dog dissidents.”
The soon-to-be-released documentary Oversized Dogs: Chinese Dog Laws and the People Who Break Them examines the super-size doggie trend. Note: Not all Chinese people have jumped on the doggie bandwagon. I love the guy in this video who says he’s eaten many dogs, and that dog-meat tastes better than beef.
The article I linked to calls the dog-size restrictions “nonsensical,” but in this interview with veterinarian Dr. Zhang, the vet admits that many people aren’t able to handle large dogs, and that unruly canines can pose a threat to public safety:
The documentary was made by an American producer who wishes to remain anonymous, because the footage above is controversial in China.
Besides public safety threats, I worry about the environmental consequences of dog ownership in a country with one billion residents: what if most of them decide to adopt large dogs, or multiple dogs? Will the streets be piled high with dog poop? Will people tire of their mutts and let them loose in the streets to maul and kill people? Will anyone be able to sleep at night amid the constant canine chorus of barking?
When will this mutt madness end?
One bullet would turn that ugly mastiff hairbag into a nice rug.
Its fur is a nice color and would go well with my brown leather living room sofa.
Mostly, I worry the Chinese are adopting our “I want, therefore I must have” Western ways and not thinking about the consequences. Dog ownership is a one-way ticket into economic and environmental ruin.
I don’t think dog mania will get to the point it has in the US for one big reason-China’s population is SO huge they can barely afford to feed the humans; much less the meat eating parasites known as dog:http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/node/39533
I doubt that will stop them. Hey, seems like every homeless person here has a dog and it usually is a pitbull.
Yes, but here these people have an overwhelming amount of charity that helps them. They won’t have that in China.
I wish I could afford to get a Tibetan mastiff just so I could shoot and skin it.
That hideous fuzzball looks like some cruel flea of a human being had photoshopped a disgusting, slobbering dog’s face onto a majestic, powerful lion’s body. Sickening. Why don’t poachers go after this lion wannabe? It’s not endangered! It’s just gross all around! I’m with you on the shoot and skin part for this particular… ugh… THING. Lions will stay, dogs will leave.
so I read a previous post where someone suggested looking up the stray dog problem in India….I found this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/world/asia/india-stray-dogs-are-a-menace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
then I read the article you posted above about China and had to agree with you NDA that they are on the road to having similar problems as India….good grief what is with the obsession to breed these demons like accessories to either abandon them, or foolishly trust them and irresponsibly allow them them to eventually attack maul other people? planet of the dogs I keep saying….planet of the dogs…..
I’ve read about people getting killed by stray dogs in India recently. Dogs may be an even bigger problem in India, because people there don’t eat them. Too bad the native leopards and tigers can’t finish off the stray mutt population.
Hell, people are getting killed by stray dogs in the US too: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0821_030821_straydogs.html
In St. Louis, a 10-year-old boy was attacked and killed two years ago by a pack of stray dogs. Police Chief Ron Henderson told the St. Louis Post Dispatch: “They were feeding off this kid. I’ve seen over 1,500 bodies but I’ve never, never seen anything like this. Nobody has.”
Low-income, high-crime neighborhoods in cities like Los Angeles, St. Louis, New York, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, are being overrun by tens of thousands of unwanted dogs, says Randy Grim, founder of Stray Rescue in St. Louis, a nonprofit organization that saves street dogs.
“The problem is only going to get worse,” he said. “Animal control agencies and humane societies don’t want to deal with it. It’s just too overwhelming.”
The problem started in the 1980s, Grim said, springing from a combination of increased dog fighting, dogs being bred for aggressiveness, and reduced animal control.
“It’s just too overwhelming.”
No it’s not. A few people with rifles, 40 hour workweek, could have all the shitbags cleaned up in no time. The animal rights wackos are what’s standing in the way of common sense and public safety.
you’ve got the right idea KaD….
We will have to tear down the wacko wall if we’re going to get any justice served first, but that’s easier said than done. Besides, we need jobs. Dog exterminator can be a booming business, with what the puppy mills not being shutdown and all.
I just want to scream at them. STOP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. I am sure the commercial dog crap industry is licking its chops over the thought of Chinese dog enthusiasts.
That hairy beast at the top of the page looks like a science experiment gone wrong! Also, China has enough sanitation problems already, they don’t need to copy the Western world’s dumbest idea ever!
I used to have great respect for the Chinese but, how can you respect a group of people who want to play with their food?
Lol!