Prior to Covid-19, dog and cat cuisine is pretty normal in China which infuriate all a lot people. Good news as Shenzhen has become the first city in China to permanently ban the production and consumption of cat and dog meat.
City that are boasting 13 million residents, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, now the city introduced sweeping new rules that will come into effect on May 1. Lawmakers identified that the ruling is a ‘universal civilisation requirement for a modern society’.
A spokesperson for the Shenzhen government said: “Dogs and cats as pets have established a much closer relationship with humans than all other animals, and banning the consumption of dogs and cats and other pets is a common practice in developed countries and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. This ban also responds to the demand and spirit of human civilisation.”
Before this, China only put in a temporary ban on wild animal markets in the wake of the coronavirus, however activists worry those rules will be relaxed if and when Covid-19 cases are reduced. This new ruling is a new ruling on cat and dog meat will be a permanent ban, however citizens will still be able to eat pigs, cows, sheep, donkeys, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons.
Good move toward protecting the animal. Support on this.