Behind the popular pet abandonment, consumer impulse purchases, experts: discard the suspected crime at will

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Red Star News reporter 丨 Chen Qingyuan Intern 丨 Zhang Jie

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This summer, a puppet cat worth around 10,000 yuan was packed in a cat bag and abandoned it to the roadside. Under the hot sun, the temperature in the cat bag is easily soaring to 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, and the cat may soon be dehydrated and die. The police at the police station contacted the pet rescue center. The staff of the rescue center reluctantly said that for some rich pet owners, the cost of abandonment may be the lowest.

Emoticons, short videos, circle of friends ... You can see cute pets everywhere in our daily life, and "sucking cats" and "dogs" have also become the daily life of some people. As the number of pets increases year by year, the number of pets abandoned is also increasing day by day.

Red Star reporters found that, in addition to the existence of common pet cats and dogs being abandoned by the owner, in recent years, the "alternative pet boom" has been waves, such as Wang Sicong bought alpaca, Song Qian raising pigs, Cheng Xiao raising lizards, etc. Wait. In order to satisfy the "love" in their hearts, some people use countries such as turtles, cats, and thrush birds to protect animals as pets. The abandoned pets also include some alternative pets, which are related to the risks of laws and ecology.

Reasons for abandoning pets:

Follow the trend, sick, family opposition, pregnancy ...

According to the "White Paper in China's Pet Industry in 2021", in the most unacceptable uncivilized pets that the public can accept the first place.

Ms. Zhang told Red Star News reporters that she often saw some pets abandoned on the Internet. "Some people were sick ', they raised cats, dogs, ducks ... The purpose is to follow the trend to treat animals as 'Hermes'. They are not just products, but also blood and blood! "

"The reasons for abandoning animals are diverse, and they are sick, moving, family disagreements, preparation of pregnancy, eight characters, etc. Many people abandon their pets, in fact, they are helpless or anti -factor." Pet doctor Zhu Bardi said. Red Star reporter learned that some people purchased because of the impulse of "pet fever", or was purchased by merchants ...

The relatively high -priced Cole duck also has abandoned phenomena. Kerry duck, round appearance and white feathers, because Wang Sicong purchased high -profile purchases and various interesting emoticons.

The related markets of Kerya are also very popular. In the market, the price of a Kell duck egg starts at 100 yuan, and some are as high as 2,000 yuan. A Taobao shop customer service that specializes in Kory duck told Red Star News reporters that the price of Kell duck adult ducks is generally ranging from thousands of yuan, and the price of the best ducks is as high as 30,000 yuan.

One netizen shared the experience of "release" Kor Duck in the same community and another owner of the same community. At first, the Kur duck was placed in the small river in the community by the owner, and other owners saw the duck swimming in the water. Later, the duck was bitten by a stray dog ​​and was rescued by other community owners to the hospital. A owner placed the duck at home, and other owners crowded out funds for duck treatment and diet. A pet rescue person told the Red Star News reporter that she also received a chur duck with defective legs. It was originally raised by a elementary school student and was later sent away by his family's opposition.

Zhu Boyi has rescued the abandoned honey bag. Honeybag 近 is an emerging alternative pet in recent years. The topic of Douyin platform#honeybag 鼯#reached 2.88 billion times, and there are 3 breaking topics.

The abandoned honey bag was packed in an empty mineral water bottle with a rotten apple and was thrown on the side of the road. A client of Zhu Boyi picked up the bottle and sent it to his hospital. "The body is thin, and there is no energy." After the treatment of Zhu Boyi, the honey bag was adopted by one of his customers.

Red Star reporter learned from Li Li, the head of the Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Protection Station that in the daily work of the protection station, he has rescued many species that do not belong to Beijing, and some even foreign animals. Li Li analyzed, "Some people want to highlight their own personality, and their performance is different from others. In order to show some alternative pets, some are wild animals, which is illegal."

Qiao Wei, staff member of the Qiming Animal Rescue Center, told Red Star Journalists that many people abandoned dogs to the rescue center. "We have cured some sick dogs, and it is not uncommon for the owners to go back." Qiao Wei said that when this situation, the center will not be returned. Master.

On the day of the interview at the end of June this year, the police station contacted the Qiming Animal Rescue Center to receive a discarded puppet cat. The market price of the puppet cats floats up and down 10,000 yuan. Although the price is not low, there are people who discard them. This puppet cat was abandoned by the owner in a cat bag. Because under the sun, the temperature in the cat bag is easily soaring to 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, and the cat may soon die because of dehydration.

Qiao Wei said that some rich pet owners do not care about the transfer of money. When they buy varieties of cats and dogs, they will be discarded. They are too lazy to spend time and energy. For them, abandonment may be the lowest cost.

Qiao Wei also mentioned that some of the trials of breeding mainly discarded the devaluation of animals raised. In the past, VIP dogs were also very precious. In the past two years, many VIP dogs have become stray dogs, which is related to the number of VIP dogs and worthless.

A pet mink is worth a thousand yuan, and raising marten has quietly become a new love for some urban people. Xiao La has raised many kinds of pets, once the owner of a mink. Xiao La took the mink from a high school student. "The marten's spine was not good, and it was picked up by the former owner in the wild." Xiao La said that this mink should be abandoned by the original owner in the wild and was being abandoned in the wild, and was being abandoned in the wild, and was being abandoned in the wild, and was by the original owner. It is adopted by high school students, but it is difficult for high school students to spend enough money and energy to treat and feed it. Xiao La took over half of the marten from high school students. After healed, Xiao La gave this mink to others after a while. In other words, this mink has at least 4 masters. Xiao La said, "The marten is too bad, and it is a lot of money. It is a veritable rich pet." According to Xiaola, the marten has only Xiaolong Mink and Angru in the domestic market. Get ill. Because of the trouble of care, the abandonment rate of marten is high.

Those who are thrown in a mutual helping Diaoyou group. Dan Dan said that the situation of abandonment was unclear, "There were 3 only last week." One day, a mink friend of Diao Youqun found a little mink on the idle fish platform. It is a beautiful photo. After contacting the merchant who wants to buy, I know that the little mink's body is not good. Dan Dan told the Red Star News reporter that some merchants now advocate that ferrets are lazy pets. Many people buy it without knowing it, resulting in a serious abandonment phenomenon.

The consequences of abandoning pets:

Death or become stray animals or spread diseases

Du Fan, president of the Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association in Hubei Province, said in an interview with the media that animals abandoned and wandered, especially abandoned pets, could not survive. For the entire society, the behavior of abandoning pets will add unnecessary burden to the society, such as stray dogs are easy to fight, bite people, and may even spread some diseases.

The article "Status and Causes of China Streaming Animals" released by the Pison Insurance Public Welfare Research Institute of China shows that as the number of pet breeding continues to increase, the number of abandoned dogs and cats is increasing year by year. According to statistics, the number of global stray animals is about 200 million, and the number of stray animals in China is 40 million, accounting for one -fifth of the total global stray animals. Their survival is extremely difficult.

"Only a few mines were rescued after abandonment. Most marten was abandoned, because there was no self -survival ability in the wild." Those who said that in Shanghai not long ago, a mink was found abandoned in the green belt in the green belt. It looks like 3 months old and is rescued by good intentions, but its belly has a hole with maggots in it, and there is no rescue in the end.

In the daily abandonment of the Qiming Animal Rescue Center, the puppy that just broken the umbilical cord was discarded in the trash can. Qiao Wei said that in this case, it is difficult for puppies to save. It is difficult to save one in 100. It is also necessary to find a bigger dog with a puppy.

"If pets are abandoned, it will aggravate the pressure of anxiety, and some animals have serious self -harm, even death. Alternative pets like honeybags, because loneliness and depression may be self -harm." Zhu Bogi told the Red Star Journalist reporter If pets are abandoned, pet's own health and psychology will be affected.

As consumer demand for pet types is becoming more and more diverse, the "alternative" pets such as snakes, lizards, and diamond sawli carp have begun to circulate in the market. Also, a pet, also known as "different pets", is a family breeding partner animal that distinguishes traditional pets such as cats and dogs. However, some relevant professionals have pointed out that "different pets" are animals that have not been domesticated without thousands of years, and they still belong to wild animals in terms of attributes.

Recently, there are crocodile crickets in many domestic landscape pools, which may be the "different pets" that some people abandon. According to media reports, according to experts, crocodile crickets are a large fierce fish, belonging to meat fish, from the Americas, and have been introduced to the country as an ornamental fish. A crocodile crickets appeared in a community landscape in Shenzhen, and the ornamental fish in the pool was basically eaten. Xu Jianyong, a member of the Shenzhen Wildlife Protection Association, said that the crocodile crickets in artificial lakes should be caused by some people's irresponsible release behavior. Crussory cymbal is a foreign species that may bring harm, and it is not allowed to release and discard it in the wild, because it can seriously threaten the personal safety and ecological environment.

The Liuzhou Small Animal Protection Association will rescue ordinary cats and dogs daily, and has also rescued alternative pets such as the America, hedgehogs, rabbits and other alternative pets, as well as wild animals such as owl, monkey noodle eagle, number, soil mouse and other wild animals. The association volunteer Wei Wei said in an interview with the Red Star Journalist that in July 2018, the rescue team rescued a green iguana that was abandoned outside the city. The green iguana was found to be transferred here at the time, and it was close to one meter and five long. Because of the different climate, the association died in just two years. Weiwei said that the green iguana is an external species in the country, and there is such a large wild American green iguana in the city, which is likely to be abandoned by someone.

Although there are many folk rescue volunteers team spontaneously rescue various types of animals that need to be protected, not each of them has the experience of assistance in alternative pets. The Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association stated that the rescue was animals such as cats and dogs, and there was no experience in rescue. The rescue team will remind the discovery to contact the Forestry Bureau and the forest public security or other relevant departments to resolve it.

↑ Screenshot of the Weibo of Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association

Li Liti, director of the Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Protection Station, some wild leopard cats were placed in the market as pet cats for sale. Buyers could not identify when they purchased them. They only saw that Leopard Cat was young and cute. As the leopard cat grows, it is more wild and fierce than ordinary cats. Some leopard cats are secretly "released", while others call for help. In the daily work of the protection station, Li Li has rescued many species that do not belong to Beijing, and some are even foreign animals. Earlier, some people released a sack of "unknown varieties" of snakes, and some people put the Brazilian turtles, crocodile turtles and other animals in the wild. "This may cause local devastating blows to the local ecosystem."

Li Li also mentioned that some animals such as Tibetan mastiffs, red foxes, and cobras were used as heterogeneous pets to return to the mountain forest. It may not have pure genes or related diseases, which will bring hidden dangers and genes to local related animals. In unstable problems, many situations will affect the local biological environment. Li Li also said that with the strengthening of management and the improvement of the law, the phenomenon of encountering wild animals in the protection station in recent years has become less.

"In recent years, there have been increasing trends in domestic breeding of nice pets, but not every breeder knows what potential risks exist in the breeding of the native pets." Dr. Sun Quanhui, the World Animal Protection Association, said, "The demand for heating up constantly affects Animals themselves may also increase the risks of ecological safety, biological safety, and public health. "

Green iguana is a very popular reptile pet in some countries and regions. However, there are also invasion of green iguana, bringing serious environmental problems and economic losses to the local area. "In Taiwan in my country, because of human release and abandonment, the green iguana has formed a wild population in the local area. Due to the lack of natural enemies, the green iguana breeds, which not only destroys the local vegetation, but has been reported to be a hole in the river embankment. It is seriously serious. Threats the safety of the lives and property of the local residents. "Dr. Sun Quanhui told Red Star Journalists.

Volunteer Wei Wei appealed: "Everyone should choose pets with caution, and animals that are prohibited from raising cannot be raised. Even those who can be raised legally, they hope to be responsible for life, and do their best. Because life is not a play."

Expert Legal Analysis:

Sake discarding may be suspected of crime

Dr. Sun Quanhui of the World Animal Protection Association told Red Star reporters: "For the traditional sense of breeding cats and dogs, the" Animal Epidemic Prevention Law "and the" Regulations on the Management of Pets "and" Regulations on the Management of Goggles "issued by various provinces and cities are all There are clear relevant regulations. "

Red Star reporter search found that some areas are improving relevant regulations in preventing abandoning pets.

The first case of a dog breeder abandoned dogs in Shanghai occurred in 2020. The two takeaway brothers found an injured elderly dog ​​who was abandoned on the side of the road. After the Shanghai Pudong Police involved, in accordance with the "Shanghai Dog Management Regulations", the abandoned person Wu had a fine of 500 yuan.

In Hubei, the "Hubei Provincial Animal Epidemic Prevention Regulations (revised)" implemented on March 1 this year stipulates that the dogs who abandon the breeding of the dogs will receive a dog with a dog -raising authority and impose a fine of 1,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan.

In Fujian, abandoned dogs only cause epidemic dissemination or will be fined 10,000 yuan. Recently, the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of Fujian Province voted and approved the "Fujian Provincial Animal Epidemic Prevention Regulations", which will be implemented on October 1. The "Regulations" require that the units and individuals of breeding dogs shall not abandon random and clearly stipulate that if the unit and individuals abandon the dogs at will and cause the animal disease to spread Ten thousand yuan fine.

Professor Qian Ye Fang of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law believes that the "Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" has restrictive regulations on release, but there is no special regulations for abandoning pets. Only some local regulations cannot be abandoned for pet regulations such as dogs. For example, the "Notice on the Civilized Dogs" issued by Luliang City Public Security Bureau and the Urban Administration Bureau of Luliang City, Shanxi Province stipulates that they must not abuse their dogs or abandon dogs. Essence

Dr. Sun Quanhui told the Red Star reporter that "Many types of different pets that were traded were actually endangered species. They were banned from international trade by the CITES of Endangered Wild and Plants. "Some people abandoned the green 弃 lizard, which is included in CITES Appendix 2 and is approved as a national secondary protection animal according to law. Therefore, it is illegal to acquire, transport, and sell green iguana in my country.

"It is understood that the laws and regulations of wildlife pets are currently being drafted. In the future, some artificially breeding birds and reptiles may be allowed to be raised as pets." Dr. Sun Quanhui also mentioned.

Ruan Qilin, a professor at the University of Political Science and Law and an expert at criminal law, told Red Star Journalists that if it is raised and discarded by foreign invasion species or national protected animals, it may be suspected of crime. According to the "Amendment to the People's Republic of China (11)", "Violation of the regulations of the country, illegally introduced, released or discarded foreign invasion species, the circumstances are severe, and they will be sentenced to imprisonment or detention of less than three years, and fined or single fines. "

Ruan Qilin mentioned that animals that were included in the "National Key Protection Wildlife List" and the first and second -level protection lists of various provinces cannot be raised by individuals as pets without authorization. China has joined CITES, and its species of appendix 1 and 2 are equivalent to national first and second -level protective wildlife. If breeding, it will involve legal risks. Ruan Qilin said that Article 1249 of the Civil Code stipulates that if the abandoned or escaping animals cause damage to others during the abandonment or escape, the raw animal breeder or manager shall bear the liability for infringement. No matter what pet, as long as it does not involve the destruction of the environment, it is not protecting animals. Generally speaking, there is no problem with breeding. If the breeding pets cause damage to others and infringe on the rights of others, pet owners need to bear civil liability, and the circumstances need to bear criminal responsibility.

"If you like animals, you must choose the right way. In the living consumption of tourism, health care, diet, pets, etc., we will pursue the concept of treating animals and respect for animals, reducing the adverse effects on animals, and avoiding unnecessary pain and harm to animals. "Dr. Sun Quanhui said," Protecting and treating animals is an important part of a harmonious society and ecological civilization, and it is also an inevitable requirement for the sustainable development of people and society. "

(The name of the name is small, dumplings, and Wei Wei are a pseudonym)

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