"Cat Cleanup in China, Death Style"

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3/22/08: Cat Cleanup In China, Death-Style
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A cat begs mercy from her captor... Terrified cats crammed tightly into
cages are hauled off to a meat market in Guangzhou.

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FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Email Block & Sample Letter Follow.
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A past letter sweep to Chinese and Beijing-Olympics officials contributed to
Beijing calling off one of its dog culls (though some animals were killed).
Copy/paste email blocks (at end of contacts list), personalize your letter a
bit, and hit send. THANK YOU for taking the time to act effectively.

CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONTACTS:
   His Excellency, Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China   
    9 Xihuang-Chenggen Beijie; Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
    email: info@cppcc.gov.cn, info@china.org.cn

    National People's Congress (NPC) of People's Republic of China
   No. 23, Xijiaominxiang, Xicheng District, Beijing 100805
    People's Republic of China
    email: english@npc.gov.cn

    National Government: govonline@chinascape.cn.net
    Supreme People's Procuratorate of China: webmaster@spp.gov.cn
   
    Xinhua News Agency
    Beijing Xuanwumen Street West Building No. 127 Dacheng, Postal Code: 100031
    email: xhszbs@xinhuanet.com, xhsgnb@xinhuanet.com, dwb@xinhuanet.com

    China's Official Gateway to News & Information
   China Internet Information Center
    6th Floor, Building B, 89 Xi Sanhuan Bei Lu, Beijing 100089, China
    ph: 86-10-8882 8258; fax: 86-10-8882 8331
    email: webmaster@china.org.cn, wandi@china.org.cn
    web mail:
http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/comments_e

CHINESE TOURISM:
   China National Tourism Administration     
    9A Jianguomennei Ave., Beijing 100740
    ph: (0086-10) 65201114; fax: (0086-10) 65122096
    email: webmaster@cnta.gov.cn, hzhang@cnta.gov.cn, xhzhang@cnta.gov.cn

CHINESE MINISTRIES:
   Ministry of Foreign Affairs Of The People's Republic Of China
   Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
    No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie; Chaoyang District; Beijing, 100701
    ph: 86-10-65961114; email: webmaster@mfa.gov.cn

    Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China
   6/F, B3, Ziguang Building, No 11 Huixin Dongjie
    Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
    ph: (8610) 8488 3630; fax: (8610) 8488 3500
    email: szw@ccnt.gov.cn, chinaculture@chinadaily.com.cn

    Ministry of Communication: master@moc.gov.cn
    Ministry of Agriculture: webmaster@agri.gov.cn
    Ministry of Education: emic@moe.edu.cn
    Ministry of Health: manage@moh.gov.cn
    ALL CHINESE MINISTRIES:
http://www.mac.doc.gov/china/Ministries.html

CHINESE EMBASSIES:
   CHINESE EMBASSY IN UNITED STATES   
   2300 Connecticut Ave. NW; Washington DC 20008
    ph: 1+ 202-328-2500; fax: 1+ 202-232-7855
    email: chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn

    FOR CHINESE EMBASSIES STATIONED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TRY:
   
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/embassy_list.htm
    http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm

BEIJING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS:
   Beijing Tourism Administration: dongcheng@bjta.gov.cn, xicheng@bjta.gov.cn,
    xicheng@bjta.gov.cn, chongwen@bjta.gov.cn, xuanwu@bjta.gov.cn,
    chaoyang@bjta.gov.cn, gaobeidian@bjta.gov.cn, haidian@bjta.gov.cn,
    fengtai@bjta.gov.cn, shijingshan@bjta.gov.cn, mentougou@bjta.gov.cn,
    fangshan@bjta.gov.cn, tongzhou@bjta.gov.cn, shunyi@bjta.gov.cn,
    daxing@bjta.gov.cn, changping@bjta.gov.cn, pinggu@bjta.gov.cn,
    huairou@bjta.gov.cn, miyun@bjta.gov.cn, yanqing@bjta.gov.cn,
    chezhan@bjta.gov.cn

    
Beijing Official Website Portal: http://www.eBeijing.gov.cn
   Digital Beijing Building, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC
    fax: 86 10 8437 1700; email: english@beijing.gov.cn
    web mail (bottom of page):
http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/siteinfo/t43272.htm

    Beijing Foreign Affairs Office
   No.2, Zhengyi Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC 100744
    fax: 86 10 6519 2775; email: information@bjfao.gov.cn

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES:
   Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
    Beijing Olympic Tower, 267 Beisihuanzhonglu
    Haidian, Beijing, 100083, P.R.China    
    ph: (8610) 66692008; fax: (8610) 66699229
    email: 2008@beijing-olympic.org.cn, beijingconference@olympic.org

    ADDITIONAL BEIJING OLYMPIC CONTACTS:
   webmaster@beijing2008.cn, mishubu@beijing2008.cn, zongti@beijing2008.cn,
    international@beijing2008.cn, sports@beijing2008.cn,
    xuanchuan@beijing2008.cn, guihua@beijing2008.cn, marketing@beijing2008.cn,
    technology@beijing2008.cn, legal@beijing2008.cn,
    gamesservices@beijing2008.cn, jiancha@beijing2008.cn, renshi@beijing2008.cn,
    caiwu@beijing2008.cn, wenhua@beijing2008.cn, security@beijing2008.cn,
    mediaoperations@beijing2008.cn, VEM@beijing2008.cn,
    paralympic@beijing2008.cn, transport@beijing2008.cn, OTR@beijing2008.cn,
    accreditation@beijing2008.cn, OCC@beijing2008.cn,
    volunteerop@beijing2008.cn, ticketing@beijing2008.cn

    Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee
   Chateau De Vidy, Case Postale 356; 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
    ph: +41-21-621-6111; fax: +41-21-621-6216
    email: jacques.rogge@ioc.olympic.org, pressoffice@olympic.org, info@ioc.olympic.org

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info@cppcc.gov.cn, info@china.org.cn, english@npc.gov.cn,
webmaster@spp.gov.cn, xhszbs@xinhuanet.com, xhsgnb@xinhuanet.com,
dwb@xinhuanet.com, webmaster@china.org.cn, wandi@china.org.cn,
webmaster@cnta.gov.cn, hzhang@cnta.gov.cn, xhzhang@cnta.gov.cn,
webmaster@mfa.gov.cn, szw@ccnt.gov.cn, chinaculture@chinadaily.com.cn,
master@moc.gov.cn, webmaster@agri.gov.cn, emic@moe.edu.cn,
manage@moh.gov.cn, chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn

dongcheng@bjta.gov.cn, xicheng@bjta.gov.cn, xicheng@bjta.gov.cn,
chongwen@bjta.gov.cn, xuanwu@bjta.gov.cn, chaoyang@bjta.gov.cn,
gaobeidian@bjta.gov.cn, haidian@bjta.gov.cn, fengtai@bjta.gov.cn,
shijingshan@bjta.gov.cn, mentougou@bjta.gov.cn, fangshan@bjta.gov.cn,
tongzhou@bjta.gov.cn, shunyi@bjta.gov.cn, daxing@bjta.gov.cn,
changping@bjta.gov.cn, pinggu@bjta.gov.cn, huairou@bjta.gov.cn,
miyun@bjta.gov.cn, yanqing@bjta.gov.cn, chezhan@bjta.gov.cn,
english@beijing.gov.cn, information@bjfao.gov.cn
   
2008@beijing-olympic.org.cn, beijingconference@olympic.org,
webmaster@beijing2008.cn, mishubu@beijing2008.cn, zongti@beijing2008.cn,
international@beijing2008.cn, sports@beijing2008.cn,
xuanchuan@beijing2008.cn, guihua@beijing2008.cn, marketing@beijing2008.cn,
technology@beijing2008.cn, legal@beijing2008.cn,
gamesservices@beijing2008.cn, jiancha@beijing2008.cn, renshi@beijing2008.cn,
caiwu@beijing2008.cn, wenhua@beijing2008.cn, security@beijing2008.cn,
mediaoperations@beijing2008.cn, VEM@beijing2008.cn,
paralympic@beijing2008.cn, transport@beijing2008.cn, OTR@beijing2008.cn,
accreditation@beijing2008.cn, OCC@beijing2008.cn,
volunteerop@beijing2008.cn, ticketing@beijing2008.cn,
jacques.rogge@ioc.olympic.org, pressoffice@olympic.org, info@ioc.olympic.org

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SAMPLE LETTER --  
This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue.
Try to shorten and personalize your letter before sending.
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Honorable Government Officials,

The ongoing assault on animals shames China and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Government-supervised dog culls have already generated negative publicity.
Now, cats are corralled into cages and trucked to compounds as part of a
"disease prevention" sweep of Beijing's estimated 500,000 cats. I understand
tens of thousands of cats have been collected since last July.

Citizens worldwide are outraged by press accounts that describe Beijing
kindergarten teachers thrashing cats to death with sticks or residents
discarding pets in the streets for roundup by killing squads.

Labeling cats a health risk linked to the 2003 SARS outbreak does not
disguise the government's true motive: To clean-up the capital in time to
greet tourists during the Olympics. In fact, extermination of companion
animals leads to international boycotts of the Games. Mass kills reveal how
misinformed and barbaric Chinese animal control policies truly are.

I call upon officials to stop present and future killing of companion
animals. Reactive culls are a crude solution to complex health issues and
ultimately do little to control strays or stop disease transmission.

I also ask officials to uphold their statement about permitting people to
adopt confiscated cats from at least 12 urban pounds. Humane groups have
told global media they're denied entry into these filthy compounds where
most cats perish from disease. One group allowed inside reported "about 70
cats kept in cages stacked one on top of the other in two tiny rooms." Most
cats don't get out alive.

Please lower the current 200-yuan fee to have pets neutered and tagged. The
high price prompts some people to abandon their pets. Rather than collect
and kill, I urge you to activate low-cost neutering and registration so your
citizens can afford their companion animals

If China wants to project a sophisticated image during the Olympics, it must
foster a culture of responsible guardianship, disease prevention and humane
education in keeping with 21st Century animal welfare standards.

I respectfully await your reply,

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LEFT PHOTO: Retired doctor Hu Yuan, 80, runs one of few remaining refuges for
abandoned pets in her ramshackle home in the ancient Long Tou Jing area of
Beijing. She shares her tiny home with 250 abandoned cats and has taken in
70 over the past 12 months alone. She pays for neutering and food from her
pension and donations. She said: "If I don't take them in, the government
will kill them.”
RIGHT PHOTO:
A rescued pet showing clear signs of disease.

*   Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for cats
   
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=528694&in_page_id=1766#StartComments
*   Shocking Death Camps for Cats Result of Beijing Olympics Clean-Up
   
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336276,00.html

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