Howls over new 1 dog policy 01/12/2006 16:51 - (SA) Beijing - Amid fears of police storming into homes and calls for neighbours to inform on each other, a controversial new "one dog" policy in China's capital is eliciting howls of anger from pooch lovers. Beijing authorities, concerned by the growing number of dogs in the city and a rising incidence of rabies, have decreed that households can raise only one canine. Dogs taller than 35cm have been banned, and all dogs must now be registered and vaccinated or face being taken from their owners. While the new rules themselves have...
