Southern city says residents can no longer keep dogs in urban sections

JIANGMEN, Guangdong - Keeping dogs will be banned in the urban sections of this Pearl River Delta city later this month.

According to a public notice, local residents must resettle their pet dogs between Aug 10 and 25, while a special campaign will start on Aug 26 to remove all dogs from the city's Pengjiang, Jianghai and Xinhui districts.

The Notice on Strengthening the Management of Dogs was jointly issued by the city's five departments and bureaus of public security, agriculture, urban comprehensive management, health, and industry and commerce.