Police intercepted a vehicle packed full of dogs destined to be slaughtered for the dog meat trade in Nanjing, China last week.
Heading from the Henan province in central China to Hangzhou, the vehicle was detained because the driver did not have the documentation required for transporting the dogs and could not prove where they had come from.
The police called upon Nanjing’s largest animal rescue center, Ping An A Fu (meaning Peace and Luck), to assist with rescuing the dogs. On arrival, staff from the organization discovered 108 medium to large dogs stuffed into only nine tiny wire cages.
The malnourished, hungry and stressed animals were taken to safety at Ping An A Fu’s center in the Pukou district to be quarantined. There, they received comfortable beds made of hay, water, food, and medical care.
Although all the rescued dogs survived that first night, some died later due to other medical problems.
“Most of the dogs are healthy now although some still need continued medical attention,” said Lu, a volunteer for Ping An A Fu. “Deaths were simply unavoidable as the conditions of some of the dogs when we received them were just too dire.”
Staff at the rescue center report that most of the dogs are friendly and comfortable around people, indicating that they may be beloved family pets that were swiped off the street for the horrific dog meat trade — a common occurrence throughout China.
“If it is not for the police who enforced laws strictly and saved the dogs from meat dealers, these 108 dogs would have been meat dishes,” the organization posted on Facebook.
Although animal advocates estimate that the popularity of eating dog meat throughout Asia is decreasing, around 20 percent of China’s population continues to consume it, believing it to be good for their health. Their consumption accounts for half the dogs slaughtered in Asia every year.
Thanks to the Nanjing police and the amazing team at Ping An A Fu — who currently care for more than 10,000 animals — these lucky pooches will be heading for a much better life.
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GOOD NEWS, for a change, coming from the dog/cat meat trade in Asia — THANK YOU TO THE RESCUE GROUP : “PING AN A FU” — KEEP UP YOUR GREAT WORK until all the horrific meat farms are SHUT DOWN permanently.
End the DogCatMeatTrade in China, this country is the baddest en most cruellest country in animal cruelty, the president want the strongest economy of the world, he’s not letting off, we must boycott China by not buying their products, and demand strong LAWS for ALL animals in the WORLD ! I know this because I’m active on Twitter for years along with other animal activists. I will thanks Lady Freethinker for the great work in China in Nanjing. But this Trade must end everywhere, and we will NEVER letting off before it’s done !!! Thanks to the people who donate ! And most of all THANKS to the GREATEST people that GO THEIR in these cruel country’s and rescueing these poor creatures !!!
The dog meat trade horrifies me not just because people eat dogs, after all in some countries other animals we think of as pets are a delicasy. But it is the way they are transported in many cases causing death and the torture and horrific manner of death and the fact a lot of these animals are stolen pets which o heartbreaking to any animal lover.
Thank you to ALL the Police force who rescued these poor animals from the cruel people. Oh how I wish that we never had a place called China on the Map. SOME of these Chinese people are the worst subhumans on this planet earth.
Oh, man what a story. Over 100 large dogs stuffed into 9 cages? Shit. I need another moment to go hug my rescued dogs.
I hope these dogs find good loving homes.
A very big thank you!
Animals have rights and people need to protect them. Animal abusers deserve life in prison and will not be tolerated.
Thank you for saving those 100 dogs. Hope everyone of those dogs will be saved. Hope all homes will be found for all the dogs and cats. Ban the meat trade – please join me in prayers everyday that this miracle will happen and please join me in prayers that humans will be kinder to all animals.
Menos mal que se ha podido salvar. Gracias a las personas que en China ayudan a los perros y gatos. Espero y Dios quiera que sea que pronto podamos ver esto como algo del pasado, y que en todo el mundo se respeten a los animales y que sean tratados como debe ser.
Thank God for that, this is wonderul
That’s good news. The 20% disgustingly ignorant Chinese need to die of an awful disease or disaster so that dogs will be safe from being tortured and butchered.
Way to go Police I just wish more people in China could be as thoughtful & do something about this hideous meat trade.
Take care Coreen
I like to donate when i can, because i love updates like this, please keep fighting to end dog meat trade FOREVER, we support you!
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DAM CRUEL TO ANIMALS, DONT THEY LOOK INTO THERE EYES AND SEE THE SADNESS IN WHAT THEY DO TO THEM. MY HEART BREAKS FOR EVERY SINGLE DOG AND CAT THAT HAS BEEN SO CRUELLY TREATED AND TORTURED AND KILLLED AT THE HANDS OF THE DOG MEAT TRADE . THE FEAR THOSE BABYS MUST FEEL. THEY HAVE TO STOP…. EVERYONE HAS TO STOP ANIMAL ABUSE . ALL ANIMALS HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE AS WE DO.
BRAVI!!!!
Barbaric uncivilized dog meat has to stop
Thank the police!
How ironic that the people of Nanjing (Nanking), whose ancestors were so cruelly brutalized by Japanese soldiers during WWII, should be so cruel to other living beings.
How ironic that the people of Nanjing (Nanking), whose ancestors were brutalized by the Japanese during WWII, should be so cruel to another living being.
Thank you so much.
YEAH!!! NOW LET’S SAVE ALL AND SHUT THOSE BARBARIC FARMS DOWN FOREVER!!! Good job and thank you for being there for these helpless babies…❤
Good for the police!! I’m so glad they got them in time. Thanks also to Ping An A Fu for looking after them.
Omg thank god theu saved them.. this is horrific and disgusting and must stop all over the world
Thank you to these wonderful people for saving these dogs! I really feel China SHOULD stop this horrific dog neat trade!
I’m glad the documents were not in order. The animals that died could have ended up in your stomachs. What does that tell you? Maybe sickness and ill health or even death. The criminals that do this sort of thing don’t care about you. It’s just the money you stupid idiots.
This just goes to show the mentality of these brain-dead, barbaric, sadistic, depraved pieces of human trash that they were even going to torture, kill and eat the meat of the dogs that were obviously ill or diseased. I can only hope and pray that these vile masses DO catch diseases off the dogs and they then suffer horrific deaths, writhing and screaming until their dying breath. May they rot in hell as Karma payback for this heinous atrocity that they inflict on innocent dogs (and cats) day after day……
THANKYOU to All and Activist who help In an horicfic country that has no Law against Animal cruelty in China lets hurt their barbaric economy EVIL CHINA boycott anything made in China
Basta questo orrore
everybody who is involved with this ABUSE should be sent to prison for life with no parole.
THESE PPL R PURE EVIL,HOW SO DISGUSTING.THEY ALL NEED TO BE SUCKED IN A BLACKHOLE TO THE DEVIL.
THANK GOD THEY ARE SAFE!!!