{"id":682,"date":"2020-04-15T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T11:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:02:19","slug":"chinese-city-bans-people-from-eating-dogs-cats-amid-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/chinese-city-bans-people-from-eating-dogs-cats-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese city bans people from eating dogs, cats amid coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

A second Chinese city has banned its residents from eating dogs and cats with a new law in response to the coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0pandemic.<\/p>\n

Zhuhai, a city bordering Macau with a population of 1.7 million, issued the order in line with a government’s proposal which lists dogs as ‘companion animals’, an official told state media.<\/p>\n

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Shenzhen is the first Chinese city to bar pet meat from the dining table. It is situated across the Pearl River estuary from Zhuhai.<\/p>\n

The two cities, both in the southern province of Guangdong, will enforce the ban from May 1.<\/p>\n

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Residents in the Chinese city of Zhuhai will be banned from eating dogs and cats from May 1. In the file photo, dog carcasses are stacked at a dog meat market in Yulin, China, on June 21, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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