Chutian Golden Newspaper - "The breeding of pets is prohibited in student dormitories. If students violate the rule, their pets will be confiscated and even culled." On February 2nd, such a "pet ban" was posted on the bulletin boards in the student dormitory areas of a provincial university in Wuchang, drawing much attention and discussion among students. "Logistics management is really tough, but such an uncompromising 'kill without pardon' policy is too bloody," said sophomore Xu Li, shaking her head.
A staff member of the school's Logistics Management Center Office told reporters that such strict measures were only taken out of necessity. The school's accommodation management regulations clearly stipulate that pet breeding is forbidden in student living areas, but due to the lack of effective supervision, some affected students have been complaining.
When the reporter visited several student dormitory buildings in the school, it was found that almost all buildings had pets wandering around. A student named Li Hua (a pseudonym) from the class of 2008 has kept a Tibetan Mastiff in his dormitory for nearly a year. "I usually pay great attention to handling the dog's hygiene issues, trying not to cause too much disturbance to my roommates, and they haven't expressed any objections to me."
Several dormitory attendants then unanimously stated that students' pet dogs often run around and defecate indiscriminately in the corridors, bringing great inconvenience to the dormitory hygiene management.
University student Xiao Shan was also troubled by the dog raised by his roommate. "That dog sheds hair a lot, smells bad, and barks frequently at midnight, greatly affecting our rest," said Xiao Shan. Due to concerns about affecting the dormitory relationship, he endured it silently without saying anything.
Students have mixed opinions on this regulation issued by the Logistics Management Center. Many students support the school's actions, believing that student dormitories are not places for entertainment or leisure, and saying "NO" to pets is justified.
"As long as all members of the dormitory agree, take care of the animal's hygiene, and do not affect others, keeping a pet in the dormitory is not necessarily wrong," said freshman Xiao Yang. Small animals can liven up the atmosphere in the dormitory, and the school's regulations are too stringent, according to him.
Student Xu Chuang, while agreeing that cats and dogs should be driven out of dormitories, believed that the culling method was too cruel. "Pets bred in violation of the rules can be sent to animal shelters," he said.
In response, the head of the Logistics Management Center explicitly stated that routine inspections would be regularly carried out in student dormitories, but the "killer锏" of culling would not be used arbitrarily. First, they would persuade students to release or foster their pets elsewhere. "Only when persuasion fails, or when there are individual animals with strong aggressiveness that threaten the safety of other students, will we resort to culling," (reported by Mei Ying, communicated by Liu Wenxiao and Sun Yutian).