Where have all the dogs gone?, The dilemma of rescuing stray animals: the base is empty, and stray dogs | the base | rescuing
■ Person in Charge: Due to economic pressure, the normal operation of the base cannot be maintained, and the dogs have been given away.
■ Doubts: Neither the adoption agreement nor the specific information of the adopter can be provided
Recently, the homeless animal rescue home in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, reported on the Internet that "the homeless dog rescue base in Zigong City was empty", and the whereabouts of more than 100 dogs seen in the live broadcast room were also unknown. On June 20, the relevant person in charge of the stray dog rescue base involved was interviewed by Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter that rescuing stray dogs is a personal hobby. Regarding the question of the source, he said that he had contacted the other party to explain it clearly. He hopes to return to a normal, smooth and simple life without being disturbed.
Hu Junliang, head of the stray animal rescue home in Neijiang City, told reporters that on the night of the release of the video, the relevant person in charge of the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City found him to explain the relevant doubts, saying that most of the dogs had been adopted by kind-hearted people. However, Hu Junliang said he did not believe these statements and "could neither come up with an adoption agreement nor provide specific information about the adopter". Hu Junliang analyzed that the team was suspected of seeking economic benefits in the name of "helping stray dogs with love.
Hu Junliang also said that there is no clear management standard for stray animal rescue organizations. The use of "love assistance" for profit is difficult to effectively stop, so that the public welfare of "love assistance" is discounted......
Disclosures
To win sympathy in the name of saving stray dogs
Is it for economic gain?
On June 19, the homeless animal rescue home in Neijiang City broke the news on the Internet that the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City had been "empty". The whereabouts of more than 100 stray dogs who had been rescued here were unknown, which attracted the attention of netizens.
Hu Junliang, head of the stray animal rescue home in Neijiang City, told reporters that last year they paid attention to the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City on a short video platform. The base personnel not only released many videos of rescuing stray dogs, but also broadcast the daily life of the base to take care of stray dogs. At the same time, they hung out dog food commodities on the platform for caring people to buy and feed the rescued stray dogs.
"As long as we are rescuing stray animals, we have no objection." Hu Junliang said that socialized animal rescue organizations generally adopt methods such as accepting donations, donating materials, bringing goods, and paid foster care to maintain their expenses, but the methods they choose are different. However, starting from 2020, there have been many individuals and teams seeking economic benefits in the name of "love assistance. They are on the Internet in the name of helping stray dogs to gain sympathy, the purpose is to seek economic benefits.
One day in mid-June this year, Hu Junliang heard the news that "the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City was empty", so he and his team members went to the scene to visit the site, and edited the information into a video and sent it to the short video platform.
Hu Junliang said that before "people went to the building to be empty", the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City did not publish any information about preparing to withdraw or move on the Internet, which made people have to think about it. Because how to place more than 100 dogs here before is a big problem. Local villagers said that the base has been "moved away for more than 20 days", and in just over 20 days, it is still difficult to reasonably place more than 100 dogs. Therefore, Hu Junliang questioned the original intention of the creation of the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City and the whereabouts of the dogs.
Response
"Most dogs are adopted because of financial pressure"
Once the video was released, it caused many netizens to pay attention to it. Reporters saw from the comments on the video that many netizens have paid attention to the short video account of "Zigong stray dog rescue base". some people have donated dog food through the internet, others have bought dog food through the live broadcast of the account as donations to raise stray dogs rescued by the base, and others have paid for the adoption of puppies.
Hu Junliang revealed that on the night of the video release, the relevant person in charge of the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City found them and explained the doubts. "They said that because of economic pressure, they could not maintain the normal operation of the base, so they gave up the rescue of stray dogs." Hu Junliang said that the other party explained that most of the more than 100 dogs were adopted by well-meaning people, a few were given to another rescue station in Neijiang, and some were given to relatives and friends. In this regard, Hu Junliang did not believe it, because "neither the adoption agreement nor the specific information of the adoptive person can be provided".
The Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter also contacted the relevant person in charge of the Zigong City Stray Dog Rescue Base. The latter said that rescuing stray dogs is a personal hobby. Over the years, he has received too many praises and doubts. If you go to the sky, you will fall into hell." Regarding the question of the source, the person in charge said that he had contacted the other party and explained it clearly in person. As for the other party's belief or disbelief, it is no longer important. The person in charge expressed the hope that he can return to a simple life without being disturbed.
Visits
The base involved did move out in May this year.
Video account cleared
What is the real situation of the stray dog rescue base in Zigong City? And why move away? On June 20, the reporter came to Sichuan Province, Fushun County, Zigong City, Banqiao Town, Muqiaogou Village. According to local people's recollection, around September 2022, several young people went to the village to rent abandoned primary school buildings to "raise dogs", and a plaque of "Zigong stray dog rescue base" was hung on the door.
"It didn't have any impact at first, but then it got bigger." Aunt Deng's home is next to the base. She said that with the increase of dogs, the barking of dogs continues every day, which affects the production and life of the surrounding villagers. In addition, the dog's feces are directly discharged from the Yanggou outside the wall. Although they have dealt with it, it still smells bad. Several villagers in the surrounding area have repeatedly reported to the village committee that the base should deal with the two problems of noise and sewage.
The relevant person in charge of the village committee of Muqiaogou Village told the reporter that the abandoned primary school building was rented by a young man in September 2022. The contract was signed for three years, with an annual rent of 6000 yuan, paid once a year, to "keep a dog". However, due to environmental protection problems and their own poor handling, the village committee had to persuade them to move out. As a result, less than a year later, in May this year, the other party took the initiative to move out. Regarding the abandonment of school buildings to rescue stray dogs, the person in charge said that it is indeed a good thing to do, but the premise cannot affect the villagers and the environment.
On June 20, the reporter checked the short video account of "Zigong stray dog rescue base" and found that the account publicly released more than 110 works, the main contents of which include: rescuing stray dogs, taking care of stray dogs and so on. In addition, in the works released by the account in March this year, there are contents about volunteers who had to give up helping stray dogs and chose to leave because of family, work, economy and other reasons. The account was last published in mid-March this year and has not been updated since then. On June 25, the reporter searched the account again and found that all the contents of the account had been deleted.
Dilemma
"Love to help" easy to change the taste
Stray animal rescue organization identity embarrassment
Hu Junliang, head of the stray animal rescue home in Neijiang City, analyzed that the team of "Zigong stray dog rescue base" was suspected of seeking economic benefits in the name of helping stray dogs with love.
Hu Junliang analyzed that the real rescue organization or team not only has perfect rescue procedures, but also has rescue accounts, which can be openly and transparently subject to social supervision. The stray dog rescue base in Zigong City that he saw did not see a clear rescue account, nor did he publicly accept social donations. In addition, in terms of social adoption, it should have been free or low-cost adoption, but the base has adopted the methods of paying more attention and brushing gifts through live webcast, requiring the adopter to reach the level before he is eligible for adoption. To put it another way, it takes hundreds or even thousands of dollars to qualify for adoption. Hu Junliang believes that "this is a disguised cash out."
Hu Junliang told reporters that there is no clear management standard for stray animal rescue organizations. It is difficult to effectively stop the use of "love assistance" for profit, which reduces the public welfare of "love assistance. According to him, legal stray animal rescue organizations should be social organizations that have been filed by animal husbandry, civil affairs and other departments, and apply for business licenses issued by market supervision departments. However, in view of the need to solve the problems of venues, epidemic prevention, environmental protection and other aspects, many rescue organizations have not yet put on record and do not have business licenses.
