As any dog owner will know, most people treat their pets as family members and often will give them a name that means something to the family or to them personally.
A recent event in China shocked the world when it was reported by Zhejiang News, quoting Zhangzhou Evening News on the microblog, that in mid-May, a dog owner and breeder named Ban, who lives in Fuyang City, named his animals on social media and was subsequently detained by the authorities.
An owner usually gives a dog a friendly name. But in China, there was a big event that shocked the world! An owner was detained because of the names he gave to two of his animals (they are not the ones in this photo). (Image: Public Domain via Pixabay)
Mr. Ban has been breeding and raising dogs and selling them since 1988. He had two black animals for sale and gave them catchy names to attract buyers with his post on social media.
Mr. Ban detained for naming his dogs
He called one dog Chengguan (urban management) and Xieguan (assistant management), but when the post was seen by the authorities, Mr. Ban was taken into custody and detained for 10 days — he was charged with “causing trouble.”
Mr. Ban said he did not know that giving the animals names could be considered breaking the law.
The owner was detained for 10 days in administrative detention naming two dogs ‘Urban Management’ and ‘Assistant Management.’ (Image: Screenshot via YouTube)
Dogs are known as man’s best friend. They will make every effort to protect their owners. This owner was detained because of the names he picked out for his animals before finding them permanent homes. It’s really shocking to see how the Chinese authorities overreacted to the names they were given and created this incident.
Translated by Jean Chen and edited by Helen
https://www.secretchina.com/news/gb/2019/05/26/894883.html
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