The Chinese Death Camp for Cats

 Another reason not to watch the next Olympic games that will be played in China

To
prepare for the Olympic Games, China has mounted an aggressive campaign to rid Beijing from … cats!

The cull comes in the wake of a government campaign warning of the diseases cats carry and ordering residents to help clear the streets of them.

Cat owners, terrified by the disease warning, are dumping their pets in the streets to be picked up by special collection teams.

Paranoia is so intense that six stray cats -including two pregnant females - were beaten to death with sticks by teachers at a Beijing kindergarten, who feared they might pass illnesses to the children.

China’sleaders are convinced that animals pose a serious urban health risk and may have contributed to the outbreak of SARS - a deadly respiratory virus - in 2003.

Butt he crackdown on cats is seen by animal campaigners as just one of a number of extreme measures being taken by communist leaders to ensure that its capital appears clean, green and welcoming during the Olympics.

The cats are then taken to what animal activists are describing as "death camps" on the edge of Beijing: Link