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[/news/china/index.html China]'s state broadcaster has urged the government to pass the country's first animal protection law 'as soon as possible' following the horrific killing of a stray cat.<br>The official outlet made the call today through an official social media account after a man was caught pouring boiling water over a homeless moggie on the street.<br>Such a law may also prevent around 10million dogs being killed for their meat every year in the nation.<br>         China's state TV has urged authorities to give small animals legal protection in a commentary on social media.<br><br>Pictured, a couple play with stray cats in a park on March 9 in Shanghai<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8861959/Cathay-Pacific-cuts-8-500-jobs-shutters-regional-airline.html  Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs...] [/news/article-8863103/Chinese-mother-two-belly-ballooned-88-pounds-ovarian-cancer.html  Chinese mother-of-two, 36, whose belly ballooned by 88...] [/news/article-8863023/Chinas-Loch-Ness-Monster-Mountain-caretaker-shocked-spot-mysterious-beast-lake.html  Is this China's Loch Ness Monster? Mountain caretaker is...] [/news/article-8862721/Nine-family-members-die-food-poisoning-eating-noodle-soup-breakfast-gathering.html  Nine family members die from food poisoning in China after...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>66 shares<br><br><br>The culprit scalded the stray as punishment after she had eaten his ham, according to an eyewitness who filmed the incident in a northern Chinese city on Monday.<br>[http://www.blogher.com/search/apachesolr_search/Footage Footage] shows the cat being locked in a cage as the man doused her with liquid.<br>The stray's four unborn kittens were found dead in her womb after the bystander called the police and rushed the animal to a vet.<br>The mother feline sustained burns on more than 70 per cent of her body.<br>She was pronounced dead on Wednesday by medics in Taiyuan city,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-truon[ ][ ] on Weibo, the state-run station speculated that the culprit would not receive a heavy penalty 'because of a legal gap'.<br>It added there was little the public could do apart from condemning such actions - due to the lack of legislation against abuse and cruel killings of animals.<br>The post continued: 'Several representatives suggested the establishment of such a law in this year's Two Sessions (China's annual parliamentary meetings).<br>'We expect respect for life and a legal bottom line as soon as possible.'<br>       Such a law may also prevent around 10million dogs being killed for their meat every year in the nation. The picture shows dogs locked on a truck on the outskirts of Beijing on April 8, 2006 <br>The perpetrator, said to be a security guard of a power station, was reportedly taken away by police from the scene.<br>An officer of Taiyuan's Pingyang Police Station told Pear Video that he and his colleagues had educated the man orally.<br><br>He claimed that the man could not act 'normally' because he had undergone an open-brain operation.<br>He was released by police after writing a statement promising to never act like this, the officer added.<br>Animal welfare remains a sensitive topic in China,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-5-ngay-may-bay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] partially due to the international uproar over the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.<br>         A woman with her pet dog, both wearing face masks, is pictured walking on the street amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on March 6<br>The annual activity is one of the most controversial food festivals in the world and sees thousands of dogs cruelly killed, skinned and cooked with [http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=blow-torches blow-torches] before being eaten by the locals to celebrate the summer solstice.<br>It is rare for state media outlets to openly challenge authorities over animal cruelty and pile on pressure for leaders to establish an animal protection law.<br>However, different levels of the government in China have released relevant regulations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.<br>Two Chinese cities, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, have banned the eating of dogs and cats to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.<br>China's central government in May signalled that it could ban canine meat from the dinner table after removing dogs from its official list of livestock.<br><br>Yet, it has not issued an order to forbid the eating of dogs in the country.<br>The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs called for 'some traditional customs about dogs' to change in the country and stressed that dogs were 'companion, rescue and service animals'.<br>Despite official moves and concerns over the transmission of COVID-19, the Yulin dog meat festival opened 'as usual' this June in the southern province of Guangxi, according to animal lovers.<br>