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      <title>Urge the Chinese Government to set Up Laws against Animal Cruelty</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/urge-the-chinese-government-to-set-up-laws-against-animal-cruelty.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Many readers may be aware that dogs and cats are eaten in China. However, dogs and cats are not only consumed or killed for their fur, —an estimated 10 million each year, according to the Hong Kong humane group Animals Asia—they are slowly tortured, bled or beaten to death, or butchered or boiled alive, in the belief the more they suffer the better they “taste.” German shepherds have been seen being skinned alive in a frigid warehouse in Harbin. The fur is sold in Europe for use—with false labels—in clothing, e.g. on hoods of winter coats.</p>

<p>A humane group website, the Asian Animals Protection Network, has photographs of men thrusting knives into the necks of fully conscious dogs, then hanging them on an incline as their blood runs out. Others show people gathered at a roadside with dogs tied to a truck or railroad tracks. As man’s best friend cries out, and as the next victims look on, petrified, several men (or women) are seen holding him and another cuts his chest open and butchers him on the spot. Mangled corpses are all around.</p>

<p>The dogs and cats are raised on huge “farms” in extremely crowded and filthy conditions that would result in the farms being shut down for animal cruelty crimes in any civilized country. Some import giant, gentle breeds like St. Bernards, the beloved rescue dogs. These are cross- bred with local dogs to produce a fast growing “meat dog” that can be killed at four months of age. The dogs’ journey from “farm” to market is worse. Animals Asia investigators have observed trucks carrying up to 2000 dogs each arriving at a notorious market in Guangzhou. They have endured three days and nights wedged on top of each other in cages, deprived of food and water. Large numbers of dead and sick dogs and cats have been observed lying beside the cages at the market. The ones still alive are brutally lifted by the neck and flung into a pen by a man using metal tongs. Other investigators have witnessed dogs tied in nets being dumped from trucks, some crying as their feet are broken; then they are flung with the tongs into fenced areas where laughing men bludgeon them just for kicks. Cats are slowly bled to death on curbs as the expectant diners look on.</p>

<p>China is not alone. Though human eating of dog and cat meat has been outlawed in some Asian countries, such as Taiwan and the Philippines (not cats), as well as Hong Kong, South Korea is on the same beastly level as China. According to the Korea Animal Protection Society, millions of dogs and hundreds of thousands of cats each year are tortured to death for a dog-stew or a cat juice that many believe offer mythical health benefits—provided the victims suffer enough.</p>

<p>Dogs are strangled to death, often from trees, for up to an hour, or bludgeoned to death with pipes or hammers, then blowtorched. Cats are boiled alive or beaten to death in sacks pounded into the ground.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:10 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Save camels from abuse in China and elsewehere</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-camels-from-abuse-in-china-and-elsewehere.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>It seems that beggars in China can’t possibly run out of ideas. A while ago they were using children as a begging tool. This practice is widespread all across the country.</p>

<p>But now these people have come up with other ‘creative’ methods to impress pedestrians. Here is where the camels come into force. The animals have their limbs cut off to appear that they are begging.</p>

<p>As the photo shows, the people behind this are sitting on their knees, bowed, right near the camel.  Can it get any more outrageous than this?</p>

<p><span align="center"><img src="//d2yhzr6tx8qnba.cloudfront.net/images/misc/70475-600x450.jpg" alt="Stop using camels as begging props in China" width="570" height="427"></span></p>

<p>Photo source: http://www.ettoday.net/news/20141019/415139.htm?from=fb_share_web</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop SKINNING animals ALIVE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The purpose of this petition (without getting into a fur debate) is solely to prevent the skinning of live animals. China has recently come under fire but this is not acceptable in any country under ANY circumstances.</p>

<p>I am a so called ordinary person who saw a video from PETA on Facebook. My name is Alexandra Fainlight. I have written to the relevant departments and now I'm looking for support from YOU.</p>

<p>The video is very distressing and undoubtedly genuine.</p>

<p>Some practices we can't stop but I am of the belief that there is no benefit whatsoever to skinning an animal whilst it is ALIVE.</p>

<p>Please show your disgust. This is happening legally and unless action is taken it will continue to do so. Please take action and sign this petition.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Please Stop Bear Bile Industry</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/please-stop-bear-bile-industry.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Based on reports from the WSPAUSA, I can see that the industry of Bear Bile is one of the most cruel industries I have learned of. There must be some other medicines that can cure what is supposed to be curing right one. Please use your political power to save these beautiful  animals.</p>

<p>Alvaro Cereceda</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Help stop the torturing of dogs and cats~!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/help-stop-the-torturing-of-dogs-and-cats.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Millions of dogs and cats are being strangled, skinned alive, and tortured horribly. When you see videos of dogs and cats being tortured you can see the butcher, not caring what happens, thinking that the cats and dogs do not feel pain.</p>

<p>Cats and Dogs do feel everything! They feel their skin being ripped off of them so it can be someone’s designer fur coat!! When you see pictures of these poor tortured animals you can tell by their expression they are saying “why are you doing this to me? Please help us!” I am not saying that China is the only country that is torturing animals, it’s happening around the world. It must all be stopped!!!</p>

<p>FACT: “Every year two million dogs and cats are tortured and slaughtered for their fur. China, the Philippines, and Thailand export their victim’s fur to the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and other nations to be used in toys, gloves, and to trim coats. Dogs and cats are skinned alive, suffocated, hanged, bludgeoned, clubbed, or bled to death. How do these countries get by with the brutal murder of these animals and profit from their suffering? Why do European countries and the United States buy these dog and cat products? Four million cats are also consumed and killed every year in equally barbaric ways.</p>

<p>“China is the biggest dog and cat eating nation in the world. China is also the world's biggest fur trade production and processing base in the world. Up to 2 million dogs and cats are skinned, many while still alive, in China every year. 85% of fur products are imported from China, most flooding into Europe where there is still no Europe-wide ban.</p>

<p>“Many of these animals are farmed, so their brutal deaths end a life of unimaginable suffering and cruelty at the hands of people who are driven by greed and devoid of compassion through sheer uneducated ignorance.''</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:51 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>立即釋放北京維權人士胡佳！Demand Immediate Release of Beijing Rights Activist Hu Jia</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/%E7%AB%8B%E5%8D%B3%E9%87%8B%E6%94%BE%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E7%B6%AD%E6%AC%8A%E4%BA%BA%E5%A3%AB%E8%83%A1%E4%BD%B3demand-immediate-release-of-beijing-rights-activist-hu-jia.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
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著名北京維權人士、關注愛滋病問題人士胡佳於2007年12月27日下午被北京國保人員帶走，翌日以“涉嫌煽動顛覆國家政權罪”被正式刑事拘留。他妻子維權人士曾金燕及他們一個多月大的女兒被軟禁在家，嚴禁與外界聯繫。</p>

<p>更新信息(2008年4月)：胡佳於2008年4月3日上午在北京市第一中級人民法院被以“煽動顛覆國家政權罪”判處有期徒刑三年零六個月，剝奪政治權利一年。控罪是指他在2006年8月至2007年10月期間發表五篇文章及兩次接受境外傳媒採訪。妻子曾金燕及其四個月大的女兒仍被軟禁在家。</p>

<p>Prominent Beijing-based human rights activist and AIDS activist Hu Jia was taken away by national security police officers (guobao) on 27 December 2007. He was criminally detained on the following day on suspicion of "incitement to subvert state power".</p>

<p>Hu's wife Zeng Jinyan, also a well-known activist, and their one-month-old daughter were under severe surveillance at home and Zeng was not allowed to have outside contacts.</p>

<p>Updates (April 2008): On 3 April 2008, Hu Jia was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on the charge of "inciting subversion of state power". He was also deprived of his political rights for one year. He was accused of writing five articles and doing interviews for two times with overseas media between August 2006 and October 2007. His wife, Zeng Jinyan, and their four-month-old daughter were still being under house arrest at home.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Release Beijing Writer Dr Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) 释放北京著名作家刘晓波</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/release-beijing-writer-dr-liu-xiaobo-%E5%88%98%E6%99%93%E6%B3%A2-%E9%87%8A%E6%94%BE%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6%E5%88%98%E6%99%93%E6%B3%A2.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>2008年12月10日国际人权日暨《世界人权宣言》60周年，一批为数约300名的内地知识分子首先联署发表了一篇《零八宪章》(http://www.crd-net.org/Article/lingbaxianzhang/200812/20081209130050_12266.html)，表达他们希望中国政府改善国内人权、民主及法治状况的诉求。可是，联署人士因此受到一连串的迫害，包括被公安人员拘留，甚至被无理带走问话。</p>

<p>当中，北京著名作家刘晓波在2008年12月8日，即原定公布《零八宪章》两天前，被公安人员带走，至今仍未获释（更新消息：劉曉波於2009年6月23日以“涉嫌煽動顛覆國家政權罪”被正式逮捕）（更新：刘晓波于2009年12月25日被重判11年，剥夺政治权利2年）。其他因联署宪章而被公安人员传唤的人士包括︰北京著名宪政学者张祖桦、北京维权律师滕彪、上海维权律师郑恩宠、北京维权律师浦志强、西安维权律师张鉴康、广东维权律师唐荆陵、浙江作家温克坚、浙江记者昝爱宗，以及海南作家秦耕。据维权网2008年12月16日的消息指，至少39名联署人士受到威吓。 (详情请参阅︰http://www.crd-net.org/Article/Class9/Class98/200812/20081216212554_12417.html)<br />
刘晓波被带走的消息震惊中国内地，以至全球各地人士，大家一呼百应联署支持《零八宪章》，要求中国政府立即释放刘晓波。</p>

<p>请参与此网上联署行动，亦可以将以下的请愿信发给中国政府，或当地的中国大使馆。</p>

<p>A group of about 300 mainland Chinese intellectuals first co-signed and released the Charter 08 (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22210) on 10 December 2008 to demand for improvement of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in China. But many of them have been subjected to various forms of harassments, including detention and unreasonable interrogation by public security officers.</p>

<p>Among them, famous Beijing writer Dr Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) was taken away by public security officers on 8 December 2008, two days before the Charter was originally planned to release. (Updates: Liu Xiaobo was formally arrested and charged with "inciting subversion of state power on 23 June 2009). (Updates: Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment and 2 years of  deprivation of political rights on 25 December 2009.) Others who were summoned (chuanhuan) by public security officers included Beijing political theorist Zhang Zuhua (张祖桦), Beijing human rights lawyer Dr Teng Biao (滕彪), Shanghai human rights lawyer (郑恩宠), Beijing human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志強), Xi’an human rights lawyer Zhang Jiankang (张鉴康), Guangdong human rights lawyer Tang Jingling (唐荆陵), Zhejiang writer Wen Kejian (温克坚), Zhejiang journalist Zan Aizong (昝爱宗) and Hainan writer Qin Qeng (秦耕). According to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, at least 39 signatories have been intimidated as of 16 December 2008 (See: http://www.crd-net.org/Article/Class9/Class98/200812/20081216212554_12417.html)</p>

<p>After he was taken away, thousands of people from mainland China and around the world co-signed statements to support the Charter 08 and demand the Chinese government to immediately release Dr. Liu.</p>

<p>Please sign this online petition or send the following petition letter to the Chinese government or the Chinese embassy in your country.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Eradicate all fur farms</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Each year, over forty million animals are killed for fur world wide, two million of which are dogs and cats. These animals aren't killed, then stripped of their fur.</p>

<p>These animals are stripped of their fur, and then left to bleedout in unspeakable agony.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Save the Moon Bears!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-moon-bears.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Please save the bears!</p>

<p>Please sign this petition!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop the murder of infant and baby girls in China</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-murder-of-infant-and-baby-girls-in-china.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Little baby girls are being murdered in China and thrown out on the curbs, or streets, or in the garbage, or dumpsters.  Its not illegal over there because there is a limit on the citizens to only bear two children.</p>

<p>The men want to carry on their name so they murder their daughters so they can have sons.  They throw their murdered babies in the streets like they are pure garbage.  This is disgusting.  So many people that cant have babies and these little girls are being killed.  You should love your biological children whether they can carry on your name or not.  Its sick minded to kill an infant and toss her in the road.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2003 08:21 UTC</pubDate>
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