Chinese dog owners told to get rid of pets or else

[Catherine]

Thank-you for the link about the sparrow campaign. It shows what happens when political leaders make decisions that have ecological consequences.

Culls throw things out of balance. Even a domestic dog cull is going to have some ecological consequences. They need to do a serious study of the impact of the dogs on the existing ecosystem before they consider removing them.

Didn't they kill domestic cats during the middle ages which allowed rats to multiply and therefore rat fleas which of course spread the plague.

I doubt the leaders will learn anything. We need to hope the people can protest. They have put up with so much and they have so little freedom. The love of their dogs may be something they do not give up willingly.