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| ========================================== Cheerans Lab (P) Limited - e-issue ID # 191206 ========================================== Animal Health Division - Information Services www.cheerans.com Hello ! ---------------------------------------- What's in this issue ? ---------------------------------------- 1. Beijing Pet Owners can have only one Dog 2. Can Cat Deliver Puppy ?! 3. Indian Army to get Powers to Protect Wildlife 4. Cat’s missing Claws takes Airline to court 5. Pelicans too can Get Drunk ! 6. ‘A Bull in a China Shop’ - How was it originated? 7. A few Quick Links for you... 8. Reader response - The Chat Box =================================== If you find this issue interesting, share it with your friends! Forward this mail & invite them to subscribe at: http://www.cheerans.com/register # 1 Beijing pet owners can have only one Dog After the one-child policy...here comes the one-dog policy A controversial "one dog" policy in China's capital is eliciting howls of anger from pooch lovers. Several cases of injuries inflicted by dogs have prompted new regulations in many Chinese cities, including Beijing. Concerned by the growing number of dogs in the city and a rising incidence of rabies, authorities have decreed that households can raise only one canine. Dogs taller than 35 centimetres have been banned, and all dogs must now be registered and vaccinated or face being taken from their owners. With the new regulations, Beijing dog owners are required to register their pets at community police offices, and to make their pets wear ID cards at all times. And importantly, they must also keep their dogs on a leash when walking them. Each household is allowed only one dog, less than 35 centimeters tall. The city government urged residents to monitor their neighbours and inform on them if they keep rogue dogs. In a city of 15 million people, there are around one million dogs in Beijing, only 550,000 of which are registered. Some animal rights activists are hailing the measures. Asian Representative of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said:" We hope the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the municipal government will continue with these good regulations. Our goal is to create an environment where dog raisers and their neighbours can co-exist harmoniously." Meanwhile, Shanghai has no rules at present on the number of dogs a family can raise. Currently, dog owners are only allowed to walk their pets in public if they are taking them to the vet, although that rule is often ignored by most dog owners in the city. However in Shanghai, new rules on veterinary clinics that go into effect on January 1, 07 will place restrictions on the size and location of pet clinics. The Shanghai Pet Medical Treatment Administrative Regulations state that all veterinary clinics must be more than 100 square metres in size and can't be near hospitals, schools, restaurants or other crowded venues besides several other stipulations. In addition, each clinic must have at least two registered veterinary surgeons on staff. Clinics must also have two permits; the Animal Epidemic Prevention Certificate and Animal Medical Treatment Permit. Currently, there are 72 legal pet hospitals or clinics in Shanghai, but industry officials say there are far more unregistered clinics doing business in the city. # 2 Can Cat Deliver Puppy ? ! An interesting case of cat delivering puppies came up in Sao Paulo [Brazil]. A lady named Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18 coming from a poor neighbourhood claimed that her cat delivered offspring having dog traits. She also showed her cat suckling the puppies, and claimed that cat Mimi delivered three puppies as well as three kittens, which did not survive. Her husband Rogerio Jorge de Silva, 26 and several others in the town believed a dog named Mut is the father of Mimi’s pups. This interesting news spread in the Brazilian media and some local newspapers accused the poor couple that are expecting their first child in a few months and this is a hoax to make money. This claim of mystery was proved to be wrong by a geneticist by looking at the chromosome numbers at the University of Passo Fundo. The test was very simple since the dogs have 78 chromosomes and the cats having 38 chromosomes. The scientist claimed that Mammals some time nursed the young ones from another species. The cat gave birth in a field and she likely inherited the pups from a female dog, which had recently given birth. And finally, the cat is out of the bag! # 3 Indian Army to get Powers to Protect Wildlife India plans to enlist the army to help protect its threatened tiger population and other animals giving soldiers the power to arrest or even shoot poachers, wildlife officials said. The smuggling and sale of Indian tiger or leopard skin and Elephant Ivory is common across the borders and poaching of endangered animals is reportedly widespread throughout the country. While the 1.1 million strong army is deployed in environmentally fragile border hot-spots, troops now have no powers to act against wildlife crimes. The Government was planning to amend existing legislation to give army the powers to act in border areas where smuggling and poaching is common. “The amendments to the Wildlife Act will mean that the army will be able to arrest, detain and even open fire on poachers who evade arrest”, said an official from the National Board for Wildlife. Also added that this will give them parity with chief wildlife wardens. As we have earlier reported, Wildlife crime (that includes buying and selling of endangered animals), currently estimated at over USD 6 billion a year, represents the Third Largest Black Market in the world, behind only illegal arms and drug smuggling. # 4 Cat’s missing Claws takes Airline to court The owner of an award-winning Persian cat is suing Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay pacific when she found her pet was bleeding with nine claws missing before boarding a Malaysia -bound flight. Grace Cheung Kei who is the owner is seeking HK$45,000 ($5,800) in compensation from the airline, which she contended airline was responsible for the injuries to Sharamka Jemma. “Jemma is not a usual cat” Cheung claims in her suit filled at the small claims court, arguing the animal had won a top prize and other awards in various International cat shows. “You may not be able to imagine how painful it would be if nine out 10 fingernails are pulled out, but this poor little cat had this horrible experience just days go”, she reportedly said in her claim. The report said the incident happened when Cheung took the animal and four other cats to the airline check-in counter for a flight to Kuala Lumpur, where they were to be entered in a show. Cathay staff called Cheung half an hour later saying Jemma was bleeding, with bloodstains found over its neck and face and its claws missing. There was no explanation by the staff. The case was adjourned to February next year. Cathay declined to comment during legal proceedings. # 5 Pelicans Too Can Get Drunk ! Beware of pelicans! Recently, a pelican crashed headlong into a car, and another three of the Californian brown pelicans were found wandering, dazed in the streets of Laguna Beach. The crashed pelican suffered a very deep cut in its pouch and the scientists tested the contents. They suspect these four pelicans are being drunk on see algae. Wildlife Care Centre officials feels that sea birds may have been under the influence of the algae in the ocean, and these algae when eaten produced the domoic acid poisoning. The local Wildlife authorities warned the public to be on the look out for birds appeared “drunk” disoriented or noticed at unusual places. In 1961, there was a similar attack of sea birds on people on cars in the ocean side California town of Capitola; a scene similar to the horror movie "The birds" produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Scientists traced back this unusual behaviour to consuming shell fish contaminated with the domoic acid. # 6 ‘A Bull in a China Shop’ - How was it originated? ‘A Bull in a China Shop’ - How was it originated? This refers to a situation where a person finds himself out of place and deals too roughly with a delicate problem. It is believed that it came from real life situations. During the seventeenth century, cattle were brought to the market in London. The animal occasionally strayed into nearby china-ware shops. While attempting to control these animals, they played a real havoc with the items. The expression is believed to have recorded for the first time in a novel ‘Jacob Faithful’ (1834) a novel authored by Frederick Marryat. There is a similar expression in elephant countries: 'Elephant in a sugar cane field’. # 7 A few Quick Links for you... A brief introduction to Nutri-Genomics Tons of Antibiotics chasing you... Handling & Rescue Operation in Wildlife Did you miss the previous issue of our eMagazine ? Then view online at http://cheerans.com/emag/previous # 8 Reader response - The Chat Box --------------------------------------------------------- " Interesting and informative " - Dr. P. R. Pradeepkumar " The edition is useful and...keep going " - Michael Wood |