Activists save Chinese dogs from cook pot

The dogs about to be freed by activists

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 Monday.

A truck crammed with the dogs was forced to stop Friday on a highway in eastern Beijing 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 northeast, the China Daily said. 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 standoff that jammed traffic the dogs were freed early Saturday when an animal-protection group purchased them for 115,000 yuan ($17,600), 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 culinary practices.

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 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.

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.

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65 Comments

  1. nudibranch
    May 3, 2011

    Kalinago carried dogs with them when they came up the island chain, Polynesians carried dogs with them as the traveled the pacific. Guinea Pigs are called so because of their taste and are still eaten in Peru. We eat frog (when on the menu), many countries would say the same of us being horrible people. It’s purely a cultural thing.

    Stop being so narrow minded.

  2. The messenger.
    April 19, 2011

    who said dog was man’s best friend? ….. ( not me ) i’ve always been a lover of cats, & i do eat them occasionally, night or day.

    • Louis
      April 27, 2011

      why not eat your cat? :lol:

  3. POSSIE PEOPLE
    April 19, 2011

    HOW CAN YOU HAVE all the necessary permits to transport the animals WHEN MOST OF THEM WERE STOLLEN? BULLSHIT

    • boom
      April 20, 2011

      It just goes to show how much corruption exist!!!

    • Louis
      April 27, 2011

      they eat anything that walks,crawls or flies true? spiders,monkey,rat,mouse,bird.
      coruption for sure,do not end up in chineese prison ruthless,they make up the rules as they go along. Poison there own people to make cheap goods,poison th water,polution etc.
      corruption for sure,speak up there and u dissapear. Remember Tianamin square they ran over students with tanks set the bodies on fire,then said what students? real nice people in charge.

  4. Peace and Love
    April 19, 2011

    Who knows? Included in the M_U could be a clause that this meat becomes the national dish in 10 years, replacing the crapaud. It might read that anyone who is not interested in reading the M_U will get to enjoy a large bowl of meaty dog soup in celebration of their non-interest.

    Read on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

    Coming soon to a place near you…

    • Louis
      April 27, 2011

      why not starve the dogs a few days and leave them to eat the guys who stole and sold them?
      and the truck drive to? or feed the crooks to some hungry sharks?

  5. sick
    April 19, 2011

    :-? :-? :-? ewwwww

  6. TARABELL KISS MI ARSE
    April 19, 2011

    NO PROBLEM MAN, :-D DOMINICA GOT LOTS OF DOGS, WE CAN EXPORT SOME TO YOU GUYS DON,T WORRY ,
    ALL DOGS ANY DOG, DOG FROM POSSIE, ROSEAU, WESLEY, VILLECASE, GRANDBAY ,CALIBISHIE, ST JOE, COTTAGE, ANY DOG YOU WANT MAN, BIG DOG, BULL DOG . DOMINICA GOT IT MAN, SUPPLY ENDLESS

    • MUDD
      April 20, 2011

      The saying goes Men are dogs. I hope is not that ur referrng to

      • TARABELL KISS MI ARSE
        April 20, 2011

        ha ha

  7. Muslim_Always
    April 19, 2011

    Pagans are just the filthiest people in the world. This is not about culture. If I was raised in a culture where we sacrificed humans and eat them, should we preserve it because it’s culture?

    I am really amazed by people and their flawed reasoning! How on earth could you eat a dog? These have sharp canines and they are really unclean.

    God sent guidance for the human being, however, human beings love filth rather than purity.

    • clairvoyance
      April 20, 2011

      god sent guidance indeed!! so who are you to say that a dog is unclean? what makes dog unclean?
      that is the animals nature, how it was created and ordained to live u call it unclean! chupess you cannot put a human being and an animal on the same level…whether scientifically or spiritually! you dont eat meat then fine. You cannot say killing or sacrificing humans to eat is the same as slaughtering animals, that doesnt make sense. in which acclaimed holy book by all the religious sects does it say that an animal is unclean?

  8. the beast
    April 19, 2011

    food is food. want,s cook eat it

  9. Acra Speed
    April 19, 2011

    If you want to eat any meat like that. Then if a shark eat you for example. Leave it be eh. that is life; we on earth all just trying to survive since the dawn of time

    • frog eater!!
      April 19, 2011

      lol @ acra speed

  10. killamanjaro
    April 19, 2011

    If it taste like chicken its is chicken,meat lovers just eat.i dont have that problem cause i dont eat meat so who when to eat there dogs ,cats and kats :lol: just keep eating.

  11. AHA!
    April 19, 2011

    disgusting and “they’re herrrrrrrrre!!!!”

    • van
      April 20, 2011

      That explains the slow disappearance of the dogs from Roseau!

  12. sister souljah
    April 19, 2011

    I read an article a couple years ago where they were using and cleaning rats and frying it as chicken in restaurants in certain areas of the United States from the pics they actually looked like whole legs (vomit) I no longer eat Chinese food. Have u ever realize that Chinese people don’t eat all the none sense we as black people eat…..they eat white rice, drink their soup, thats it. We’re the ones getting all kinds of fried rice and all the fatty stuff, they don’t consume that none sense……#AMJUSTSAYING

    link to article and pics: http://theworldiswide.blogspot.com/2007/11/restaurant-serving-rat-chicken.html

    • anon
      April 20, 2011

      white rice and soup huh…. you have no idea what Asians eat stop being stereotypical

    • Louis
      April 27, 2011

      hey u have no idea what u are eating there once it is sweet and soured up,could be anything,
      snake,rat,mouse,roch,who knows. thats why so cheap, think about this
      have u ever seen a dog,cat,bird etc near a Chineese restaurant?
      answer no,why casue they know to keep away. :-D

  13. Biologist
    April 19, 2011

    haha why are we acting surprised, or is it the activist involvement. So long Chinese eating dog, rat, cat all what that pass their way. Whether is slithers or purrs its all food to them. I’m in no position to cast aspertions on their ” culture” however be warned when you order food from these people that what you think you order and what is actually served to you can be as far apart as continents. There have been several documentaries done on these people cuisines.

    The mayor was looking to rid Roseau of stray dogs, heard they’ve been helping the cause for free bon apetit a la chien domnichen!

  14. The messenger.
    April 19, 2011

    Dog, Cat, Pork, or Poke, what’s the differents?……. meat is meat,…. eat & enjoy in moderation.

  15. de caribbean change, BBA, MBA, CPA
    April 19, 2011

    I remembered a young guy in America going to a chinese carry-out to order chicken fried rice to take out but found that the owner was taking too long to fix his order and as a result became impatient. When she came back to the counter without his order, he said to her, ” are you all cooking a cat at the back why you all taking so long with my food?” The lady was very offended, but it is true that they cook cats for chicken and make it taste like chicken. You know it is high time now with all these advances in technology that our taste buds should tell us whether we are chewing a chicken or a cat before it is all assimilated and digested. Thanks to my Biology Teacher at the SMA, Mr Rupert Sorhaindo. Great Biology Teacher he was. I still miss that class.

    • Ehdi
      April 19, 2011

      I wonder why they would cook a cat instead of a chicken considering chicken meat is cheaper?

      • Louis
        April 27, 2011

        cats are ususally free. and lots of free range cats to lol :lol:

    • The truth
      April 19, 2011

      you people are just morons. you eating chicken all your life and you dont know what it taste like? you all just make stupid comments on here. cook cat and dog for chicken. pathetic. if you dont like the culture its ok. it isnt yours to like but dont hate on them people. alot of cultures use alot of thing we through away in dominica and trust me i start using some of them. when you dont know you dont know. it is just their culture, you do not have to eat it.

  16. Truth, Justice, Love, Peace and Unity
    April 19, 2011

    Every country has its customs, some of which are primitive. This does not mean that those customs are correct, should be practiced and continue.
    Through ignorance, lack of education and enlightenment, they continue with their customs which will obviously upset many of us in the western world.
    A few years ago when I went to the movies (in those days days great movies were shown), prior to the movie, a program was shown about Chinese rearing, cooking and eating dogs. Well, that was the end of my ever ordering and eating Chinese fried rice. From thereon, I cook my own fried rice.

  17. Mahaut soldier
    April 19, 2011

    there are dominicans who eat bat and iguanas, i am sure those are pets in some part of the world. why are we trying to force our culture on the chinese? their civilisation is hundreds of years old, they’ve been eating dogs and cats forever… i have a problem with the animals being stolen but other than that… go ahead. i don;t want dog or cat meat so i won’t eat them. its that simple.

    • freak
      April 19, 2011

      and dominicans eat frogs and in other countries people are like what the hell? how can we eat frogs

  18. The messenger
    April 19, 2011

    Dog, Cat, pork, or Poke, what’s the differents? meat is meat, eat and enjoy in moderation.

  19. Trouble intended
    April 19, 2011

    The only thing I see wrong here is the part about stealing. You shouldn’t thief other people things, not even their dog.

    Who tell all you that dog is man’s best friend? That is pure none sense. My best friend is Joan and then Martha. They are both people.

    Wait till a piece of hungry hit DA, all you will eat snakes, zandolie, cockroaches and rats. Dog will be too expensive to get..LOL

  20. tiny
    April 19, 2011

    these activist need to find somthing worthwile to do ….like rescuing sex slaves around the world. so many young girls and boys have parents who just abondaon them….these kids are taken advantage off by pimps, they are used as sex slaves…these kids have a short life span…there are so many peolple suffering why should anyone give a crap about a dog. i say eat them if you hungry. i love dogs as pets but i’m ot gonna make the extra effort to take care of a dog if when there are millions af human being suffering.

    • nonsense
      April 19, 2011

      if u want to take that up as your cause then do it.. but not sit on ur bum and talk about wat someone else is doing… you dont wanna make the effort to protect them but u want them to protect you…

    • Truth, Justice, Love, Peace and Unity
      April 19, 2011

      Many are doing just that. You are not reading and listening to enough of those stories. They exist all over the world. Read also CNN’s Heroes including the one of last year.
      In this respect, what are you doing for Dominica’s vulnerable children or wherever you may reside, Enough talk and comments and more action.

    • Broward County
      April 19, 2011

      Humans as well as animals have the right to live. Only in dominica people don’t care about their
      pets or mistreat dogs. There are different people with a different heart. I agree about children taken into sex slaves but animals are just like humans they just don’t speak.

      Some of the children hospitals has trained pets with sick children to comfort them. The fire stations has trained dogs and the police stations has trained dogs so they do have use and we all need each other even dogs.

      • frog eater!!
        April 19, 2011

        @ Broward County

        “Humans as well as animals have the right to live”

        I really hope ‘animals’ include chicken and cows.

        • clairvoyance
          April 19, 2011

          yeh lol i really hope all these comments coming from vegetarians…..cause it would defeat the purpose of their arguments if they were not. they deserve the right to live, and we deserve the right as higher beings to use them to provide nutrition to our bodies. what we are doing wrong is the excessive abusive consumption of these animals without regard to nature and the place that these creatures hold and serve in nature like ourselves. let the chinese be with their dog eating as we are with our frog, manicou and agouti eating chuuuppeess haha..

      • tiny
        April 19, 2011

        hey i never said that animals should be mistreated. but we have dominion over them, they are our food, our pets, they aalso help in so lmany other ways as you suggested. wht i am against is spencing any extra effort/money/time on these animals when there are people in need. do you know the amount of animal shelters there are…..many…these shelters should be closed and the monye should be used to help Humans….how about kiling these stray abondoned animals in a humane way….stop wasting electricity to shelter them, and spendin money feed them and provide mecdical care …theyar just animsl for crying out loud.

      • anonymous2
        September 7, 2012

        You hit the nail on the head….these people have no hearts.

  21. what nuh!
    April 19, 2011

    so wait..is really dog for tru chinese was using?lol I used to say is joke dat wi…mama

  22. The truth
    April 19, 2011

    i am happy that it is not me saying this. every country has its culture and that is theirs. thats what culture is. how would dominicans feel if people tell them do not eat manicu or guti or even mountain chicken… well there you go. i aint chinese nor do i have to be to understand different cultures.

    • clairvoyance
      April 19, 2011

      finally another sensible person….

  23. D
    April 19, 2011

    Thank God!! What is wrong with these people! I don’t give a a rat’s a*s if this is a delicacy. This is cruelty to man’s best friend.

  24. thinker
    April 19, 2011

    I wonder how many dogs Dominicans have eaten in Chinese restaurants in Dominica.

    • hj
      April 19, 2011

      SO TRUE

  25. clairvoyance
    April 19, 2011

    This is ridiculous, these activists are too indoctrinated by western system…they are destroying their own culture. Why not stop the trucks trafficking cows and chicken etc.
    What makes a dog a pet, or any animal for that matter? There is nothing wrong in eating these animals, we all have different cultures, and I see no reason why they should pass a law against something that has been with them for centuries. If you don’t want to eat it then don’t. What I would recommend they do is attempt to regulate the consumption for preservation of species and what not. We should always eat in moderation or consume anything in moderation, any excess is unhealthy.

    • .
      April 19, 2011

      i totally agree

    • OMG
      April 19, 2011

      Wow? You are heartless!

    • thinker
      April 19, 2011

      Are you from China?

    • Acra Speed
      April 19, 2011

      Since growing up as a child you know a dog to be a pet. On the internet and on international tv a dog is displayed as a pet. ‘A dog is a man’s best friend’ is the saying. A dog IS a pet. Please don’t eat the dogs. Especially stolen dogs. .

      Snoopy –>
      http://lowellmommyblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/snoopy.jpg

      Happy dog owner –>
      http://remarkabledogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Happy-Dog-Owner2.jpg

      Dog cooked –>
      http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6hb3Lr_QIP0/TH_UYCZoL6I/AAAAAAAAEAg/u0zon54mi_Y/s1600/%EB%B3%B4%EC%96%91%ED%83%95_Dog+Soup.jpg

    • frog eater!!
      April 19, 2011

      Totally agree wif u…..

      the article claims “where growing awareness of animal rights is colliding with centuries-old culinary practices” but its really a conflict of civilizations not animal rights.

      Most ppl think we are gross to be eating frogs, our national dish.

      Cow are sacred in India. Monkeys eaten in St. Kitts. Grasshoppers and other insects are a delicacy in most parts of Asia.

      Passing a law would be absolutely absurd.

      • clairvoyance
        April 19, 2011

        @acra speed…. you just proved my point to the T….western indoctrination. i never grew up knowing a dog is a pet….i grew up knowing that we dominicans dont eat dog or are not accustomed to that practice… but like frog eater said we eat frogs… and that is definitely gross to people outside the culture. i know people who have frogs as pets…..so how do we judge what animals are pets and not pets. people even say rabbits are pets..chupesss….To me this is based on the culture of these people and i do not condone stealing or abusing the animals, but eating them to me is not a problem. @OMG if i am heartless then you are the same for eating chicken, fish, crayfish, crab. they are all animals. You and your culture shock should not be impressed on people. learn to appreciate other cultures that are different than yours..this is the beauty of all the peoples of the world. this is one of the poisons of globalisation.

        • Acra Speed
          April 19, 2011

          U lye. You know a dog is a pet. It’s been on internet (international network) and international tv long enough for a dog to be globally considered as a pet. It’s ‘Clifford the big red dog’ not ‘Clifford and dumplin soup’

        • Acra Speed
          April 19, 2011

          Dogs have saved human lives. Dogs are used to investigate crime scenes. Dogs help the blind man to find his way to town. People even fall in love with dogs.

          Check out this smart and awesome dog lol –>
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1X55b6t-UM

  26. outrage
    April 19, 2011

    now we no why dem dog dissappering in town, i not eatin any chinese food since dey come to DA

    • Reader
      April 19, 2011

      But, it will help with the stray dog problem in Roseau, no?!

      • Acra Speed
        April 19, 2011

        So you going to eat Roseau stray dog soup then damn Reader?!!?

    • outrage
      April 19, 2011

      reader you see dem poor dog limping along de road sick and starving, and have taken one blow to many from vehicle or one to many lash from some one, they need to be treated humanly not taken and put into some dam chinese pot for people to eat, you wait next, people will be stealing people pet, when stray gone, i not talking bout ya yard dog who protecting, i gonna make mine so bad no one will ever tink of coming to take dem, but i talking bout those petdog people all getting now.

  27. ?
    April 19, 2011

    Those people there malpwop eh.

    • Oh Me Oh My
      April 19, 2011

      They are called scavengers Chinese eat any and every living thing , too late for those who already ate in Chinese restaurants, this is the reason why they do not hire people outside their race to work in their establishment since i am not in DA can some let me know if there are dominicans working in Chinese restaurant/ kitchen

  28. as for me >>>me nah eat no chinese food
    April 19, 2011

    me just nah eat chinese food at all at all >>>>>

  29. Anonymous
    April 19, 2011

    SUE T doh go to shiniese resturant

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