دیده بان حقوق حیوانات ایران :رسانههاي رسمي چين از نجات 430 سگ توسط دوستداران حيوانات خبر داده و اعلام کردند که اين حيوانات براي پختهشدن در راه رستوران بودند.
Chinese dogs saved from cooking pot
A Chinese animal lover rescues a sick dog after a convoy of trucks carrying some 500 dogs to be sold as meat, were stopped along a highway in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared a culinary fate after about 200 animal lovers mobilised to stop them ending up on dinner tables, state-run media said on Monday.
A truck crammed with the dogs was forced to stop on a highway in eastern Beijing on Friday by a motorist who swerved his car in front of the truck and then used his microblog to alert animal-rights activists, reports said.
The dogs, many apparently stolen from their owners, were being transported from the central Chinese province of Henan to restaurants in Jilin province in the north-east, The China Daily said.
A Chinese animal lover consoles one of the dogs. Photo: AFP
It said 430 dogs were rescued, while the Global Times put the number at 520.
Eventually, about 200 animal lovers and activists gathered around the truck in eastern Beijing and after a 15-hour stand-off that jammed traffic the dogs were freed early on Saturday when an animal-protection group purchased them for 115,000 yuan ($16,700), the Global Times said.
The interception of the dogs was the latest bold action by pet-lovers in China, where growing awareness of animal rights is colliding with centuries-old dining practices.
Chinese animal lovers release the rescued dogs at the China Animal Protection Association. Photo: AFP
There have been regular reports in recent years of citizens attempting to block trucks carrying hundreds or even thousands of cats to meat markets in southern China, where cat meat is particularly popular.
The China Daily quoted activists as saying many of the dogs still had collars with bells and name tags, indicating they had been stolen from their owners and that the trucking company transported a load of dogs to Jilin each week.
The consumption of dog and cat meat, both of which are believed to promote bodily warmth and are thus popular in winter, remains widespread in China despite a surge in popularity as pets.
Chinese animal lovers gather to stop a convoy of trucks carrying some 500 dogs to be sold as meat, along a highway in Beijing. Photo: AFP
However, earlier press reports have said authorities were looking into drafting a law that could outlaw the practice.
The reports on the dog rescue suggested the truck company was unlikely to face legal action as it had all the necessary permits to transport the animals.
The healthy dogs were to be made available for adoption in one month while the sick ones, suffering variously from dehydration and infectious diseases, were sent to pet hospitals in Beijing.
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