A city in southwestern China has banned dog walking during the daytime and banished the pets entirely from parks, shopping centers, spor✨ts facilities and other public spaces.
The ordinance issued by the city of Wenshan in Yunnan province on October 29 has been called the most restrictive in a nation 🌌where dog ownership has long been subject to tight regulations.
Under communist China's founder Mao Zedong, pet ownership was considered a bourgeois affection but it has revived over recent decades 💃with Chinese being more affluent but having smaller families.
Man💞y cities, however, still maintain rules on what size dogs can live in what areas, with the capital Beijing banning lꦺarge dogs from the city center.
However, Wenshan's ban appears to go well beyond that by saying dogs can only bᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe outside before 7 a.m. and af🅰ter 10 p.m.
It also says dog leashes cannot be longer than 1 meter (3 feet) and dogs can only 💯be walked by adults.
(AP)
