Published 17:50 IST, February 1st 2020

People in China throw out pets from apartments over coronavirus spread fears

Chinese are mercilessly hurling their pets to death from the high rise windows and tower blocks stories on to the streets over speculations of misinformation.

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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Pets are reportedly being tossed from multi-storey buildings by owners in China over erroneous assumption of Coronavirus contagion. Several ims of cats and dogs being mercilessly thrown from tower blocks on to streets have surfaced over speculations of misinformation circulated amongst people, suggest reports.

According to reports, roads in China are witnessing several corpses of animals hurled to ir deaths laying around over rumours that pets were carrying deadly 2019-nCoV virus. A little French Bulldog was reportedly thrown to his death in Heyuan Guohe Garden area of Tianjin City, Hubei province where virus originated.

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Reports state that panicked dog was thrown from upper floor of a tower block early morning at 4 am as he smashed sunroof of a car ending up on ground dead. Locals told reports that pet was so intensely hurled that it sounded like a tyre explosion, waking neighbourhood. dog was reportedly discovered in bloodstains on road by on-lookers.

Series of shocking incidences of brutal animal killings

Police have reportedly t identified owner as focus shifted to complainant, car owner, who filed for compensation for dam done to his car. Separate reports state five cats were killed by an owner in city of Shanghai as ir bodies, smeared in blood and grave injury to head, were recovered by side of road.

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series of shocking incidences of brutal animal killings openly on streets of China was reportedly after a Chinese doctor, Li Lanjuan reportedly declared on Chinese State TV that pets must be quarantined in case of contact with a human depicting flu-like symptoms, and a local media outlet that misinformed that dogs and cats spread coronavirus.

World Health Organization had emphasized in  media on Wednesday that it wasn't verified if  pets, such as cats and dogs can, in fact, spread  vel coronavirus. Keith Guo, PETA Asia press officer for China told media that owners that murdered animals in cold blood must be located by police immediately. He added that filthy omnivores live animal markets, slaughterhouses, and factory farms in China threatened health of individuals as it provided a breeding ground for life-threatening diseases like coronavirus, SARS, bird flu, and more.

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17:46 IST, February 1st 2020