{"id":147196,"date":"2026-03-04T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147196"},"modified":"2026-03-04T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:30:09","slug":"the-quiet-revolution-in-animal-rights-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147196","title":{"rendered":"The quiet revolution in animal rights in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPublic awareness of animal welfare on the Chinese mainland is at an all-time high. The country now has the world\u2019s second-largest pet population, estimated at 430 million in 2024 and growing strongly. The cultural shift was on full display last year when the justice ministry solicited public feedback on its legislative plans. In a massive show of support, an online survey pushing for anti-cruelty legislation attracted over 4.2 million votes, with 96 per cent voting in favour.<br \/>\nYet despite rising&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3344884\/quiet-revolution-animal-rights-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPublic awareness of animal welfare on the Chinese mainland is at an all-time high. The country now has the world\u2019s second-largest pet population, estimated&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147196"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}