Urban Dog Management In The Republic Of China(1927-1937)

The period from 1927 to 1937 is often referred to by historians as the "golden decade" in the history of the Republic of China.During this period,economic recovery,cultural development and political stability were observed,and Chinese and Western cultures were greatly integrated.Under this background,Western ideas and ways of life were introduced into China,affecting citizens’ life ideas and ways,and urban pet culture became popular.This is followed by the increasing number and variety of urban dogs.Dogs crisscrossed the streets in urban and rural areas,resulting in a series of urban problems.Social problems such as dogs hurting people,dirty sanitary conditions,disrupting road traffic and spreading rabies disease ensued.Therefore,the Kuomintang government had to introduce relevant dog management policies to solve relevant problems.The Kuomintang government imitated the dog management system and concession dog management system of western countries,began to control urban domestic dogs and wild dogs,and formulated an urban dog management system based on the domestic dog management system and wild dog management system.A dog information registration system has been implemented nationwide,which stipulates that dogs must wear muzzles,dog tags and leash when going out.Large and medium-sized cities across the country began to actively carry out dog trapping activities,capture wild dogs,hunting wild dogs,set up wild dog enclosures and other wild dog management system.Domestic dog management system and wild dog management system together,complement each other,jointly build a complete set of urban dog management system in the Republic of China.Under the promotion of public security organs,health departments and judicial organs at all levels,as well as the vigorous promotion of dog lovers and social dog groups,the dog management policy was carried out in depth from 1927 to 1937 and achieved some achievements.On the one hand,the implementation of urban dog management policy has alleviated related problems in the city,especially the problem of rabies transmission has been improved to a certain extent.However,on the other hand,the urban dog management system still faces many problems,which hinder the implementation of the urban dog management system.In terms of internal environment,the Kuomintang government’s political corruption,economic collapse,warlord chaos,excessive taxation,resulting in people unwilling to cooperate with the urban dog management policy,the Kuomintang government’s rule is also facing a serious crisis;In terms of external environment,Japan launched the war of aggression against China in 1931,and the land of China was devastated by the war.Fugitive refugees,extremely scarce medical resources and turbulent social environment challenged the implementation of urban dog management policies.All these factors became an important reason for the difficult implementation of urban dog management policy in the Republic of China from 1927 to1937.From 1927 to 1937,the Kuomintang government carried out the urban dog management policy,which had an important impact at that time and even later generations.The implementation of the urban dog management policy is closely related to the birth of the urban health department,which makes the health department become one of the main departments to implement the urban dog management policy.The implementation of urban dog management policy improved public health awareness to a certain extent,and was one of the important achievements of the implementation of urban dog management policy in the Republic of China.In order to effectively prevent the spread of rabies,the rabies vaccine was introduced into China in 20 th Century,which marked a milestone in the treatment of rabies in China.Therefore,the implementation of urban dog management system is of great significance in urban governance and urban public health.Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China,more and more incidents of non-standard dog breeding have aroused people’s attention.The management of urban pets,breeding problems and rabies treatment problems are still worth the attention of the general public.