The annual Dog Show of the China Kennel Club is being held in Shanghai this year at the Race Club on May 17, when it is expected to see an unusually fine turnout of Shanghai's canine aristocracy. Membership in the China Kennel Club has now reached the figure of 246, an increase of eighty-two since last year, while nearly five hundred dogs have now been registered by the Club.
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The attention of dog owners in the International Settlement of Shanghai is called to a notification published in the Municipal Gazette regarding the regulations governing the licensing and muzzling of dogs. It points out that "dogs when on the streets or other place of public resort must be effectively muzzled, but in such a manner as will admit of its breathing and drinking." we would like to insert the word "freely" after "breathing," as we have noticed many cases in which the 'nuzzles have been utrageously cruel, preventing the wretched dogs from opening their mouths sufficiently wide to breath freely, especially on warm days. Dogs found in the streets or on the outlying roads without muzzles are liable to be shot, if they cannot be captured. If caught they will be impounded for a minimum of three days, and their owners, if and when located, prosecuted.
Dog owners are requested to present their application for licenses at the Revenue Office of the Municipal Council or at Bubbling Well, Gordon Road or Yangtzepoo Police Stations, together with $5 for each dog.
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In 1933 some 364,848 dog skins were exported from China. This figure dropped to 75,038 in 1934 and to 17,245 in 1935. This decline is probably due to the fact that no further skins come to China from Manchuria, whence the bulk of this product used to be derived from large dog farms. Doubtless the dog skins formerly exported from China are going abroad, mainly to the American market, from Manchurian ports.
A. DE C S.