The recent Ya’an earthquake was certainly a tragic event, and is one that has raised all kinds of concern over when or where the next big quake might happen.

In an attempt to predict tremors, the Nanchang Seismological Bureau have been keeping dogs, who they believe will “bark abnormally” when an earthquake is imminent (because everybody knows dogs are a more accurate indicator then, say, toads).

The move has been widely panned and mocked by netizens, with one suggesting that the bureau should fire its human staff if the practice proves true. Another netizen added, “Is my family considered a branch of the bureau because we keep dogs too?” Zing.

The dogs have since been moved away from the bureau’s office, which, naturally, was also mocked by netizens, who teased that they’d now have no way of predicting earthquakes in the future. 

Source: Want China Times

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