Killing of Healthy Pet Dog Under Zero-Covid Policy Evokes Public Anger

Killing of Healthy Pet Dog Under Zero-Covid Policy Evokes Public Anger
Staff members spraying disinfectant, November 15, 2021, at the Zhangye Danxia Geopark in Zhangye in Gansu Province, as the park prepares to reopen after closing due to the outbreak of Covid-19 . STR/AFP via Getty Images
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A Chinese online video revealed how local epidemic prevention workers brutally beat a pet dog to death during the disinfection of a quarantined resident’s home. Following the release of the video online, condemnations flooded in over the brutality of the local administration.

Ms. Fu, the owner of a corgi, saw her dog had been beaten to death on a security recording on the afternoon of Nov. 12, when the local officials arranged for her to be isolated in a hotel in the early morning that day.