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China issues 'one dog' policy in Beijing By SCOTT McDONALD, Associated Press Writer
Wed Nov 8, 5:04 PM ET
BEIJING - It's the year of the dog in China, but it's not a good year for man's best friend: an effort to stamp out rabies has prompted authorities to limit families in Beijing to only one dog.
The directive, reported by state media on Wednesday, follows a campaign in which tens of thousands of dogs were killed to fight the disease.
In a reminder of the country's "one child" policy, the official Xinhua News Agency said Beijing was instituting a "one dog" policy for each household in nine areas.
"Only one pet dog is allowed per household in the zones, and dangerous and large dogs will be banned. Anyone keeping an unlicensed dog will face prosecution," Xinhua said.
Rabies is on the rise in China, where only 3 percent of dogs are vaccinated against the disease, which attacks the nervous system. The disease nearly always kills humans after the development of symptoms, though it can be warded off by a series of injections.
Rabies killed 318 people nationwide in September, according to Xinhua. There were 2,651 reported deaths from the disease in 2004, the last year for which data were available.
In Beijing, some 69,000 people sought treatment for rabies last year, according to state media.
The dog limit in the capital was announced by Beijing police and the city agencies for agriculture and commerce, Xinhua said.
It said abandoning dogs was an offense under the new regulations. "Owners who wish to dispose of their pets should hand them over to local dog control authorities," Xinhua said.
Dog owners also were forbidden from taking their dogs to public places like markets, shops, parks, exhibition halls, community gym zones, amusement parks, railway waiting rooms and sightseeing areas, Xinhua said.
A notice on the police department's Web site did not refer to a "one dog" policy but said a clampdown on stray and large dogs would be implemented.
"Only one pet dog is allowed per household in the zones, and dangerous and large dogs will be banned. Anyone keeping an unlicensed dog will face prosecution," Xinhua said.
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