Guy Sees Truck Loaded With 1000 Dogs About To Be Butchered, Drives His SUV In Front Of The Truck To Stop It
Nearly 1000 dogs were cramped in wire cages and loaded in a truck, only to be transported to a slaughterhouse in Guangzhou, China. Luckily, brave locals and animal right activists managed to put an end to this horror, showing the world just how much we can do when we stand against animal cruelty together.
Peter Li, Chinese policy expert for Humane Society International (HSI), told The Dodo that this load of dogs was “the biggest we have ever seen.” The truck’s journey took 3 days, and it was so crowded inside, the doggies could barely breathe. It is estimated that around 30% of them died from horrible transportation conditions.
“The dogs suffered a lot due to high density,” Li said. “Disease has been spreading among some dogs.”
But it all stopped when one local man drove his SUV in front of the truck and asked the driver to show health certificates every dog sold for meat must have. The driver didn’t have the certificates for all 1000 dogs, as most of them were stolen from their owners or found as strays.
Suddenly, 100 cars and 300 people were there to support the dogs. They started feeding them, and, 10 hours later, the canines were freed. Now they’re safe and looked after by vets.
More info: Humane Society International (h/t)
Nearly 1000 dogs were loaded in a truck, only to be transported to a slaughterhouse
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
Luckily, brave locals and animal right activists managed to put an end to this horror
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
The protest started when one local man drove his SUV in front of the truck
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
And asked the driver to show health certificates every dog sold for meat must have
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
The driver didn’t have them, as most of them were stolen from their owners or found as strays
Suddenly, 100 cars and 300 people were there to support the dogs
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
They started feeding them, and, 10 hours later, the canines were freed
Image credits: Shanghaiist
Some officials said that this load of dogs was “the biggest we have ever seen”
Image credits: Shanghaiist
Many of the canines died on the journey, but those who survived are in good hands now
Image credits: Shanghaiist
They are being treated by vets and volunteers and will be available for adoption
Image credits: Peter Li/HSI
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I know, this will cost me some points again. But what you feel for these dogs now, is what I feel every day on german highways when I see trucks full of cows and pigs. Vegan-bashing in 3---2---1--- go!
I feel the same and gave up on meat for that reason, but it's still different to see strays and robbed dogs than farm animals.
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I'm a meat eater, and i do find it hard to press any argument that applauds this while i eat my chicken and cows. It's a social/cultural moral dilemma i have with myself. I try to mitigate how much i consume nowadays, but i'm not always successful at it. Seeing things like this give me a very visceral reaction to the meat business overall and it reminds me to be a better steward of my own effect on the planet it's fellow inhabitants. The biggest impact i can have on this right now in my life is deciding how i spend my money. I donate to these organizations and try my best not to avoid these kinds of articles (cases of animal cruelty) because they're "a downer." I have to keep my ear to the ground and try to do better with my own habits while giving some to make these peoples next action even more successful until the unlikely day that they won't be needed anymore.
Why is it that when lives are saved, people always ask why others aren't doing the same for other species.... Can't we just be happy that these animals were saved. In an ideal world no-one would hurt anyone or anything else. We won't ever live in that world, but I'm grateful these people are trying to make ours better.
Good work, now do the same with chicks and pigs, or do they deserve less because of being of another species?
I guess it depends. In some countries, cats are a treat (ew)! Maybe we shouldnt necessarily judge which animals are consider 'gross' or 'sickening' to eat because burger king is still a place i know most of us eat (although Id kill for a pet husky)
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I think that if we saw dogs as farm animals as well we wouldn't be so horrified about this; however the fact that the dogs were being treated horribly is also terrible. The were stolen from people --- that is bad too, but I think we love dogs as pets, so it is harder to read about this kind of stuff.
dogs r way smarter than farm animals ask the police, do you see chicken or pig police?
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1.000 dogs - what a number, what a great rescue, what costs and how many shelters must have been there! So there ARE people who care. That gives me hope.
I don't agree with any animal slaughtered for meat. This article though is specifically about dogs in China being brutally massacred in the most inhumane way possible, therefore, I am not going to get into a debate with anyone about cows, pigs, chickens, etc... These people are so backward in their thinking. These poor animals suffer horrible fates. They suffer from the second they are "snatched up" to the second they take their last breath on this earth. No living creature should have to endure this type of torture. The key is education...educate them, educate our children...there will always be abuse because there will always be sick human beings, but this is completely unacceptable. People need to stop turning a blind eye to these problems and pretending they aren't happening. It's sad to say, but I see so many people so preoccupied with their own selfish interests they are desensitized to this type of situation. desensitized to this type of situation.
The problem is they believe the dog taste better if it is tortured while being killed. They burn them alive with blow torches, boil them, cut off their legs while still alive. Its the torture that is wrong. I understand the food part but the torture is unnecessary!
My dog is my child, my baby. How can someone be so heartless?? This just breaks me into pieces!
It is very good that these dogs were rescued! But you can imagine how much they manage to kill them there ...
They're stolen dogs from families. You idiots are saying save all animals. How about doing that one battle at a time?
This made me cry which I hardly do. I am laying in bed next to my dog just holding him.
This is so sad. I know I'm furious, but I'm sure others are too. ..
thank you for all the helpers I would do the same at all costs oh I am so glad I live in a country where this is not done we don't eat dogs cats praise God for the land of milk and honey
Thank you to all the heros there for saving all the babes life😀😀 God Bless📿 Amen
Dogs are pets not food! Cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys are bred for food! It has always been that way!! Hooray to those that freed those poor pets
It doesn't matter what happens to a dead body, what matters is how life is treated before death.
i wish these people would do the same for the humans as they did for the animals...as we live right now people(muslims) in Bali are being slaughter but media has no time for that.
Que horror, que gente tan maldita que hace daño a nuestros amados perros, deseo con todo mi corazón que ardan infinitamente en el infierno. y felicito a tan valientes retratistas, por fin alguien toma cartas en el asunto, que Dios los bendiga y mi eterna admiración.
At this point in history it is hard to see the whole world going vegan/vegetarian. However, I think the biggest issue here is that no matter what the animals are that we culturally raise for food, their welfare during the growing, transportation and harvesting processes are our duty of care. The care given to animals during their lives, minimalising their stress during transportation and ensuring a quick and painfree as possible death, IS something we control and are responsible for. Wastage is important too, so much meat is wasted, meaning more animals are slaughtered then is necessary. You can do your part even if you are a meat eater, by educating yourself about how animals are processed and slaughtered (know where your food comes from) and going out of your way to support small privately owned and preferably organic butchers (they do exist). If this makes you instantly think, too much work or they'll be too expensive, your first duty is to change the way YOU think about cont....
animals and the meat you eat, that they gave up their lives for - every single time you choose to eat meat. The only thing that puts an end to cruelty, is humans caring and making an effort. Peace to you all
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the reason ppl rescue them because they were stolen. im just a normal guy who eat meats and vegetables, to be honest we r as "Human" we've killed more than billions living things, Animal, Trees, Plants even our own race. if you are a vegan, what makes you thing you could save the animals? most of things in this world which is made by human are from animals. what do you think about those truck full of Chickens, Cows, Pigs, lambs? r they worth to be save too? they r also living things and there are some people who make them as a pet just like cat and dog. in my country there are alot of people who make chickens as their pet and they really love that just like you love your dogs and cats. what do you think about that? do you feel bad eating chickens while there is someone who treat chicken like their family too? HUMAN, we always blaming to everything, you blame to someone who eat dogs and cats while u r eating chickens, cows and pigs. you r vegan while u still step on the grass.
What's the point of putting the dogs up for adoption when they're just going to be stolen out of their homes and yards again?
not all will n some animals will be adopted out of this trash country thank god
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In a perfect world, animals would not be considered food. I don't understand how anyone could treat any living thing in such a manner. God bless the man who saw animals being mistreated and took action.
So in a perfect world nature wouldn't exist? Because animals are constantly food in nature. I don't agree with the treatment of these dogs, but that's an absolutely absurd statement to make.
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Well it's kinda hypocrite to save dogs from slaughterhouse and not cow, chicken, pigs, ... who are you to decide what animal to save/eat? The choice is on the consumer side, don't buy it if you don't approve it.
If you'll notice, the problem here wasn't dogs being slaughtered for their meat, it's the fact that they were stolen pets. Frankly, I don't think I'd mind strays being eaten for meat if the alternative is only for them to be put to sleep.
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OMG what`s wrong with those people continuing to eat cats and dogs ??!?! WTF BETTER GO EAT YOURSELVES AND FREE THE WORLD FROM AWFUL CREATURES LIKE YOU WHO ARE EATING CATS AND DOGS!!! I WISH YOU ALL TO DIE LIKE THE animals that you kill and eat.....i`m disgusted from this WORLD
Well welcome to reality, cow/beef are cute too, but you still eat them. Chicken are living in hell to give you cheap eggs, but you still buy them.
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All animals have the same right to live. This is practically racism, like, they are all made to be equal.
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You don't think eating someone's stolen family pet is bad? Do tell.
Load More Replies... I know, this will cost me some points again. But what you feel for these dogs now, is what I feel every day on german highways when I see trucks full of cows and pigs. Vegan-bashing in 3---2---1--- go!
I feel the same and gave up on meat for that reason, but it's still different to see strays and robbed dogs than farm animals.
Load More Replies... I'm a meat eater, and i do find it hard to press any argument that applauds this while i eat my chicken and cows. It's a social/cultural moral dilemma i have with myself. I try to mitigate how much i consume nowadays, but i'm not always successful at it. Seeing things like this give me a very visceral reaction to the meat business overall and it reminds me to be a better steward of my own effect on the planet it's fellow inhabitants. The biggest impact i can have on this right now in my life is deciding how i spend my money. I donate to these organizations and try my best not to avoid these kinds of articles (cases of animal cruelty) because they're "a downer." I have to keep my ear to the ground and try to do better with my own habits while giving some to make these peoples next action even more successful until the unlikely day that they won't be needed anymore.
Why is it that when lives are saved, people always ask why others aren't doing the same for other species.... Can't we just be happy that these animals were saved. In an ideal world no-one would hurt anyone or anything else. We won't ever live in that world, but I'm grateful these people are trying to make ours better.
Good work, now do the same with chicks and pigs, or do they deserve less because of being of another species?
I guess it depends. In some countries, cats are a treat (ew)! Maybe we shouldnt necessarily judge which animals are consider 'gross' or 'sickening' to eat because burger king is still a place i know most of us eat (although Id kill for a pet husky)
Load More Replies... I think that if we saw dogs as farm animals as well we wouldn't be so horrified about this; however the fact that the dogs were being treated horribly is also terrible. The were stolen from people --- that is bad too, but I think we love dogs as pets, so it is harder to read about this kind of stuff.
dogs r way smarter than farm animals ask the police, do you see chicken or pig police?
Load More Replies... 1.000 dogs - what a number, what a great rescue, what costs and how many shelters must have been there! So there ARE people who care. That gives me hope.
I don't agree with any animal slaughtered for meat. This article though is specifically about dogs in China being brutally massacred in the most inhumane way possible, therefore, I am not going to get into a debate with anyone about cows, pigs, chickens, etc... These people are so backward in their thinking. These poor animals suffer horrible fates. They suffer from the second they are "snatched up" to the second they take their last breath on this earth. No living creature should have to endure this type of torture. The key is education...educate them, educate our children...there will always be abuse because there will always be sick human beings, but this is completely unacceptable. People need to stop turning a blind eye to these problems and pretending they aren't happening. It's sad to say, but I see so many people so preoccupied with their own selfish interests they are desensitized to this type of situation. desensitized to this type of situation.
The problem is they believe the dog taste better if it is tortured while being killed. They burn them alive with blow torches, boil them, cut off their legs while still alive. Its the torture that is wrong. I understand the food part but the torture is unnecessary!
My dog is my child, my baby. How can someone be so heartless?? This just breaks me into pieces!
It is very good that these dogs were rescued! But you can imagine how much they manage to kill them there ...
They're stolen dogs from families. You idiots are saying save all animals. How about doing that one battle at a time?
This made me cry which I hardly do. I am laying in bed next to my dog just holding him.
This is so sad. I know I'm furious, but I'm sure others are too. ..
thank you for all the helpers I would do the same at all costs oh I am so glad I live in a country where this is not done we don't eat dogs cats praise God for the land of milk and honey
Thank you to all the heros there for saving all the babes life😀😀 God Bless📿 Amen
Dogs are pets not food! Cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys are bred for food! It has always been that way!! Hooray to those that freed those poor pets
It doesn't matter what happens to a dead body, what matters is how life is treated before death.
i wish these people would do the same for the humans as they did for the animals...as we live right now people(muslims) in Bali are being slaughter but media has no time for that.
Que horror, que gente tan maldita que hace daño a nuestros amados perros, deseo con todo mi corazón que ardan infinitamente en el infierno. y felicito a tan valientes retratistas, por fin alguien toma cartas en el asunto, que Dios los bendiga y mi eterna admiración.
At this point in history it is hard to see the whole world going vegan/vegetarian. However, I think the biggest issue here is that no matter what the animals are that we culturally raise for food, their welfare during the growing, transportation and harvesting processes are our duty of care. The care given to animals during their lives, minimalising their stress during transportation and ensuring a quick and painfree as possible death, IS something we control and are responsible for. Wastage is important too, so much meat is wasted, meaning more animals are slaughtered then is necessary. You can do your part even if you are a meat eater, by educating yourself about how animals are processed and slaughtered (know where your food comes from) and going out of your way to support small privately owned and preferably organic butchers (they do exist). If this makes you instantly think, too much work or they'll be too expensive, your first duty is to change the way YOU think about cont....
animals and the meat you eat, that they gave up their lives for - every single time you choose to eat meat. The only thing that puts an end to cruelty, is humans caring and making an effort. Peace to you all
Load More Replies... the reason ppl rescue them because they were stolen. im just a normal guy who eat meats and vegetables, to be honest we r as "Human" we've killed more than billions living things, Animal, Trees, Plants even our own race. if you are a vegan, what makes you thing you could save the animals? most of things in this world which is made by human are from animals. what do you think about those truck full of Chickens, Cows, Pigs, lambs? r they worth to be save too? they r also living things and there are some people who make them as a pet just like cat and dog. in my country there are alot of people who make chickens as their pet and they really love that just like you love your dogs and cats. what do you think about that? do you feel bad eating chickens while there is someone who treat chicken like their family too? HUMAN, we always blaming to everything, you blame to someone who eat dogs and cats while u r eating chickens, cows and pigs. you r vegan while u still step on the grass.
What's the point of putting the dogs up for adoption when they're just going to be stolen out of their homes and yards again?
not all will n some animals will be adopted out of this trash country thank god
Load More Replies... In a perfect world, animals would not be considered food. I don't understand how anyone could treat any living thing in such a manner. God bless the man who saw animals being mistreated and took action.
So in a perfect world nature wouldn't exist? Because animals are constantly food in nature. I don't agree with the treatment of these dogs, but that's an absolutely absurd statement to make.
Load More Replies... Well it's kinda hypocrite to save dogs from slaughterhouse and not cow, chicken, pigs, ... who are you to decide what animal to save/eat? The choice is on the consumer side, don't buy it if you don't approve it.
If you'll notice, the problem here wasn't dogs being slaughtered for their meat, it's the fact that they were stolen pets. Frankly, I don't think I'd mind strays being eaten for meat if the alternative is only for them to be put to sleep.
Load More Replies... OMG what`s wrong with those people continuing to eat cats and dogs ??!?! WTF BETTER GO EAT YOURSELVES AND FREE THE WORLD FROM AWFUL CREATURES LIKE YOU WHO ARE EATING CATS AND DOGS!!! I WISH YOU ALL TO DIE LIKE THE animals that you kill and eat.....i`m disgusted from this WORLD
Well welcome to reality, cow/beef are cute too, but you still eat them. Chicken are living in hell to give you cheap eggs, but you still buy them.
Load More Replies... All animals have the same right to live. This is practically racism, like, they are all made to be equal.
Load More Replies... You don't think eating someone's stolen family pet is bad? Do tell.
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