Chinese Animal Protection Network - Notable Contributions

Notable Contributions

• CAPN works closely with domestic, international, and overseas organizations working in China, providing advice and support for their work.
• CAPN runs a campaign against cat-and-dog-eating (the practice of eating cat meat or dog meat). They are the first group to use the slogan 'Stop eating cats and dogs' in their campaign. They also coordinated many groups in more than ten cities in China to join this campaign. This slogan has been adopted by animal rights groups around the country. They launched the online-signing event against consumption of cat and dog meat in 2007, which received over 40,000 signatures. Their campaign has led to a large amount of publicity and discussion of this issue among the public.
• CAPN runs a campaign against animal hoarding. They led a large-scale online debate on the topic in 2006, and later published two research documents regarding animal hoarding, the first of their kind to be published in Chinese. They are the major contributors to a change in the pro-hoarding climate of China.
• CAPN provides a network for animal protection groups. They are the first organization devoted to the unity of Chinese animal protection communities.
• In April 2008, CAPN introduced World Lab Animal Day to China for the first time.