The government recently issued a "rat killing order". More than 1,200 small animals have been humanely destroyed, and there has been a wave of abandoned hamsters.
Zhong Yinuo, deputy director of the Center for Bioethics at CUHK, questioned on the RTHK program "Millenniums" today (20th) whether the number of humanitarian destruction measures involved would be too large, and there was no alternative to reduce public anxiety. Relationships built by pets cannot be ignored.
▼1.19 Citizens hand in hamsters to the New Territories South Animal Management Center under the "Rat Killing Order"▼
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Zhong Yinuo believes that in addition to protecting the health of the public, public health policies should also consider the difference between killing chickens between these small animals and avian influenza, because chickens are not human pets, but small animals have established relationships with humans, and he bluntly said, "It's not for nothing. To protect public health, justify everything."
He continued that the authorities should consider three aspects, including whether the policy is useful, proportionate, and necessary, and question whether killing more than 2,000 small animals this time would be too much, and whether there is no alternative. So disturbed, is Hong Kong unable to quarantine animals?
If the government is unable to cooperate with the hardware, he believes that there should be relevant supporting facilities in Hong Kong, and the hardware problem cannot be ignored, otherwise it will not have to go to this stage.
Microbiologists have focused on transmission issues, but public health policy involves human-animal elements, he said, reiterating that the relationships humans build with pets cannot be ignored.
▼1.18 AFCD personnel destroy animals at Little Boss in Causeway Bay▼
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Rat Killing Order｜The hamster concern organization received about 60 cases of abandonment appeals to observe the health of the hamsters first Rat Killing Order｜Afforestation and Conservation Department: LittleBoss Tai Po warehouse has rats Chu Yang is investigating whether the rat is transmitted from human to human The rat killing order｜Xu Shuchang: hamsters The virus has a high chance of being transmitted to humans, and a rodent killing order is required from a public health perspective.
