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Shenzhen bans eating of cats and dogs after coronavirus
Bangkok Post ^ | April 02 2020 | Reuters

Posted on 04/02/2020 7:38:26 AM PDT by knighthawk

SHENZHEN, China: The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife trade since the emergence of the new coronavirus.

Scientists suspect the coronavirus passed to humans from animals. Some of the earliest infections were found in people who had exposure to a wildlife market in the central city of Wuhan, where bats, snakes, civets and other animals were sold.

The disease has infected more than 935,000 people around the world and killed some 47,000 of them.

Authorities in the southern Chinese technology hub said the ban on eating dogs and cats would come into force on May 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at bangkokpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: cats; coronavirus; dogs; shenzhen
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To: knighthawk
Shenzhen bans eating of cats and dogs after coronavirus

Banning eating cats, we can tolerate. But banning eating dogs -- come on!!!

"Dog, it's what's for dinner!" ............ Lol!!

21 posted on 04/02/2020 8:33:44 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: Flick Lives

Flick who?


22 posted on 04/02/2020 8:55:02 AM PDT by dainbramaged (That information is classified. Request denied.)
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To: knighthawk

All cultures are equal. If you disagree, you are racist.


23 posted on 04/02/2020 9:42:13 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ("We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great." Andrew Cuomo)
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To: knighthawk

No more hotdogs?.....


24 posted on 04/02/2020 10:02:14 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: tinyowl

Cats and rats and elephants as sure as you’re born

But you’re never gonna eat a unicorn


25 posted on 04/02/2020 12:16:16 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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To: jmacusa

the Chinese are the lowest form of humanity.

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Everyone is pretty much equal, except ni***** and Chinamen.

Harry Truman (D)


26 posted on 04/02/2020 12:19:48 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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