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Dear Mr. Wotton,

Many thanks for your full and informative letter about the slaughter of dogs in Hong Kong.

Indeed, from the article &c., I had gathered the impression that the authorities were doing all they could. Tradition is hard to overcome, and possibly example is the best way to change people, although, as you say, with a mere 2% of non-Chinese, example must get swamped.

I wonder if Rabies can be passed on to humans by eating

If so, if such an idea could

a dog (assuming it had it).

be circulated, perhaps by a letter in the Chinese language, then the 98% might of their own accord desist. Could not

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a Chinese writing member of our Consulate write, or get some one to write, such a letter - a reader's letter to a Chinese newspaper with the largest circulation? Simple methods might

work.

Thank you once again.

Yours sincerely,

A. L. Wotton Esq.,

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.

(Mrs. S. Quance)

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