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　　This form of "collective adoption" on university campuses has not fundamentally changed the dilemma of rights and responsibilities between people and stray cats and dogs.

　　According to surging news reports, on the Zhongshan North Road campus of East China Normal University, a small corner is set aside for keeping stray dogs in captivity. The school club "Sunshine Small Animal Protection Association" organizes students to walk dogs every night.

Due to the popularity of the event, the dog-walking places were emptied as soon as they were released, "there are not enough dogs."

In this regard, some netizens said: "The method is very good. It not only solves the problem that stray dogs may be harmed by unattended management, but also may hurt passers-by, and also allows students who like dogs to have the opportunity to contact dogs to relax and decompress."

　　In media reports, "captive breeding" is viewed as a "new balance" or an "innovation" that may solve the problem of "management and safety of stray cats and dogs".

In fact, the external influence of stray cats and dogs is not only on the feeders and adopters, but the relevant reports basically stand in the position of the "small animal protection association", and lack the voice of the campus management and other students.

　　On the one hand, the problems that may be caused by stray cats and dogs on campus are related to the basic survival safety and animal welfare of the stray animals themselves.

In campus adoption and feeding behavior, except for very special circumstances, the survival and welfare of animals are generally increased and can be ignored.

　　On the other hand, there are external impacts, mainly involving the impact of stray animals on the campus on the environment, including fecal pollution and noise, potential infectious disease risks, the psychological impact of people on campus who are particularly afraid of stray cats and dogs, and the most common and prominent injury incident.

　　Regarding the liability for damage caused by stray animals, it is mainly stipulated in Article 1249 of the Civil Code. If an abandoned or escaped animal causes damage to others during the period of abandonment or escape, the original animal breeder or manager shall bear liability for infringement.

　　According to past judicial precedents, community residents feed stray cats and dogs, and if stray cats and dogs hurt people, the feeder often needs to bear certain responsibilities.

In judicial practice, if the original breeder cannot be found, the current manager shall bear the responsibility.

　　For example, if a stray dog ​​in the community hurts people, the property management company that fails to fulfill its safety and security obligations will be responsible for the fault as the community management unit.

Many netizens complained about how cruel some community security guards were when driving away stray cats and dogs, in fact, it was mainly because of the above reasons.

　　Since it is impossible to force the security of the community to leave it alone under the existing system of authority and responsibility, or to take on the tasks of adoption, feeding, and management that they have neither the ability nor the responsibility to do, it is meaningless to simply complain about the "cruelty" of the security in the community. .

It is important to clarify the rights and responsibilities of relevant parties, and to have enough competent and responsible civil organizations to fill their positions.

　　To put it simply, survival and safety are managed by someone, and someone responsible for the accident can be found.

For ordinary pet adopters, this is not a problem, but the crux of feeding stray cats and dogs is precisely here.

　　There are many differences between a campus and the general community.

Because of age, identity and other reasons, students on campus are less capable of being responsible subjects, especially when they appear as a group identity or an association.

　　This form of "collective adoption" has not fundamentally changed the previous predicament of rights and responsibilities between people and stray cats and dogs.

Compared with the off-campus community, the school administration and most students may be more tolerant, but the potential risks are not fully controlled.

　　To a large extent, the current practice can maintain a "balance" because the number of school pets adopted is still very small.

However, if it is promoted as a "successful experience", there is still a lack of clear answers for the identification of responsible subjects among conceivable security risks.

　　In any case, when the chaos of stray animals in many adult-dominated communities is still frequent, young college students try to explore a more balanced new management method, which is worthy of recognition, at least it increases the richness of stray animal management.

　　Of course, this kind of exploration must not be just a simple "shared dog walk".

The love of young college students is precious, and it is even more difficult to implement the responsibility mechanism for matching love.

　　In the final analysis, whether people can manage "stray cats and dogs" is essentially whether people can manage themselves.

In other words, this tests the ability of young college students to properly handle their relationship with the school and other classmates, and to make good use of their rights.

　　□ Song Jinbo (columnist)