I sent this to my local paper - if anyone wants to copy the words and send it to their local paper they are very welcome to.
Something very disturbing has recently been brought to my attention. I´m sure we´re all very aware of the human-rights abuses that occur in China, and the violence and controversy surrounding issues in Tibet. But something that isn´t getting any time in the media is the massacre of cats and dogs going on in China as we speak. To keep up this Truman Show-esque facade that the Beijing Olympics organisers are trying to create, they have been rounding up cats and dogs and putting them in tiny cages where they are left to die. All this to create a ´clean´ image of China, with no cats and dogs on the street. The Chinese media is keeping quiet on this atrocious activity while the Chinese government gets involved by spreading rumours, that cats carry SARS, to justify the mass killings taking place. The paranoia is so great that teachers at an elementary school beat three cats to death with sticks in front of the children. I´m outraged by these actions, this does not mean the human-rights atrocities aspect upsets me any less, but we also need to focus on those who cannot speak for themselves. The massacre of cats and dogs to keep Chinese streets artificially clean must stop, and must stop now.
The people in China is SO SICK!!! Shame on you, China! Thank you for telling us, Wahlah. I signed and I am going to copy your words to spread to all the people I know, regardless they have cats or not. I am not going to be silent on this issue as this is not the first time I learn about China is abusing animals (before it is fur trade)!!! They can´t even handle the animals in a good way IF THEY REALLY CAUSE ANY DISEASE.
This is cruelty, this is a lie. Don´t you think you have the right to kill these cats because they can´t speak! Shame on you, China!
I can´t imagine if my Fabio is living in China and he might be hit to death with a stick...