More than 200 Beijing residents have registered to adopt stray dogs housed
by local police, including those caught by the police during a campaign to
regulate dog ownership, Xinhua News Agency reported today.
"Two hundred people called us about fostering strays, and 40 dogs have been adopted so
far," said Huang Zhimin, an official of the dog management department under the
Beijing Public Security Bureau.
Huang said police have housed 600 unlicensed, big, abandoned or vagrant
dogs, and only healthy, small dogs are allowed to be adopted.
Beijing police promoted a one-stop procedure from November, which allows
qualified residents to foster dogs on Tuesday and Friday.
The city began a campaign from last month to ensure that Beijing people
have licenses for their dogs, do not have more than one dog per household and
are not illicitly operating pet businesses in China's capital.
Beijing had 550,000 registered dogs this year, 90,000 more than last year,
according to the city's public security bureau.