I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. (attributed)

To their credit, PETA resoundingly condemn it with a link off of their main page:

China’s long history of animal abuse is back in the spotlight as one Chinese county indiscriminately massacres every dog in sight—more than 50,000 in total-some right in front of their families. This and other appalling atrocities—such as feeding live sheep and chickens to tigers in zoos and skinning conscious animals, including dogs and cats, for their fur, which is then exported to the West—take place because China has no animal protection laws.

What's this? A PETA statement without a broad-sweeping condemnation of the United States and her associated evils? Never fear, PETA does not disappoint:

China supplies more than half the monkeys imported to the U.S. for experiments, and that number has increased sevenfold in the last 10 years.

Ah, there it is. Because indiscriminately and savagely beating dogs to death with wooden canes is morally equivalent to performing controlled medical experiments on monkeys for the sole purpose of saving human lives. It's too bad that the same beloved Communist countries that Leftist organizations like PETA yearn for are not prosperous enough, economically, to be able to afford a more humane way of putting down dogs suspected of rabies.

Update: Wulf says "Most of the news articles I have seen on it were focusing on the word rabies and the number 50,000 more than any photos of dogs being beaten. For some reason.

H/T: JunkyardBlog