All Blog Posts Tagged 'China' (62)

Some of the dogs and cats rescued from Yulin arrived in Chongqing about 11pm on 23rd June. Local activists were already at the scene to help Aunty Yang Yu Hua. Aunty Yang's shelter, 重庆杨玉华流浪动物保护站 (Chongqing Yang Yu Hua Stray Animals Protection Centre) posted on Weibo that she urgently needs pet food and canine distemper testing kits and medicines. 

Parcels and donations from overseas would also be welcome.…

Activists in Hangzhou spent 4 hours on Tuesday (24th June 2014) chasing at high-speed, a truck with nearly 2000 cats on board, headed for slaughter. They managed to intercept and block the truck. From the early morning they guarded the truck, waiting for officers from animal inspection to come at 9am to inspect it.

The activists gave a shout out on Weibo, asking people to help them and to bring cat food and cages. They are exhausted and many…

This is the 3rd year in a row that our Chinese Activist, Du Yufeng, has travelled nearly 1000 miles from her home in Guangyuan, Sichuan to Yulin, Guangxi to join other activists at the Dog Meat Festival. She and her group protested in front of Yulin Government Offices this morning (June 21st) at around 11:00am despite being hassled by local men! The moment they started handing out leaflets and banners, local men ran to…

Yang Xiao Yun, founder of Common Home for All Stray Animal Rescue Centre in Tianjin was mocked and intimidated by the locals when she tried to save a Golden Retriever from slaughter after she stopped a young man who claimed to be the dog's owner, Yang dropped to her knees and broke down tears, begging the young man to let her keep the dog but her pleas fell on deaf ears. The man would not let the dog go with her. Yang’s…

This morning, 20th June, on the eve of the Dog Meat Festival, a dog trafficker, having seen an animal activist at the scene, deliberately tortured this dog to blackmail her by saying "Are you going to buy him, if not I will clamp him to death". The dog trafficker asked for 600 Yuan (US$96) but the activist, Zhao Jie bartered and paid 350 Yuan (US$56) for the dog. The trafficker waved the money to the crowd with delight and…

Chinese activists have rescued approx 200 dogs from Yulin. The dogs have now arrived in Shangrao, Jiangxi, 1680km away from Yulin. Local vets are there to help with medical treatment. Some of the dogs were pregnant and gave birth to puppies on the way to Shangrao. Activists have posted on Weibo asking for donations of dog food to feed these hungry mouths. …

Do you remember the story of the 2 legged dog in China raising her puppies? At the end of a long rescue Jill Robinson of Animals Asia told us that she was going to adopt Si Bao (meaning Four Treasures) and her puppies. 

Now, Si Bao and her one remaining pup Xiao…

The Yulin Dog Meat Festival. The sentence that brings anger and upset to us all. Next month on the 21st of June the cruelty will start again. Thousands of dogs will be tortured to death, destined for someone's plate. The cries, whimpers, screams and smell made our Chinese activist Du Yufeng and her volunteers cry with helplessness when they protested at the festival last year and previous years. Chinese activists and ordinary animal lovers have been taking to the…

"Mother of dogs" rises from the fire.



Read this extraordinary story of a remarkable, brave woman who now dedicates her life to animals:



Inside an ordinary rental house in Zhengzhou, lives a special family, one human, four dogs and a cat. Although they are of different species, all of them have had the same rough experience in life. This helps to bond them together. 



Chu Hui is the “mother” of…

Led by respected Municipal Secretary Zhou, Government officers from the city, district and village spent a cold winter visiting Guangyuan Bo Ai Animal Protection Center to inspect the progress of the construction for the new shelter. They gave many constructive proposals and offered much needed help by installing running water and power! We and Bo Ai are deeply grateful for the support and help from all levels of the Government. The building work can start to begin…

On 4th March 2014, police in Langzhong City, Sichuan, China, brutally killed a pet dog belonging to a homeless man. The killing was for no reason at all and is totally unacceptable. The dog was still chained when the police forcefully removed it from it's owner who could do nothing but watch while his companion was beaten to death with…

2014 is the Year of the Horse. 



Were you or your family born in the year of the horse? Check some of the dates below;

15th Feb 1942 – 4th Feb 1943

3rd Feb 1954 – 23rd January 1955

21st Jan 1966 – 8th Feb 1967

7th Feb 1978 – 27th Jan 1979

27th Jan 1990 – 14th Feb 1991

12th Feb 2002 – 31st Jan 2003

31st January 2014 – 18th Feb 2015

Lucky Colors: brown,…

Zhang Xiaoqiu still remembers the date - 15 April 2011. It was when Weibo (China’s version of Twitter) changed his life, and he helped to saved the lives of several hundred dogs. The Beijing-based businessman, originally from southern China, had always been an animal lover, but the news he heard via Weibo that day led him to take action. 

Fellow internet users had spotted a truck on the motorway heading…

Do you remember the dogs that were rescued from slaughter in December in Chongqing? Many people asked how they could help.

Aunty Yang who rescued the dogs has a shelter, Chongqing Shuangbei Stray Dogs and Cats Rescue Center and if …

Don’t eat Friends is an Animal Protection Organisation founded by vegan rock star Xie Zheng in 2007. The non-profit, based in Beijing, makes information available on various aspects of taking care of animal companions. In addition, volunteers help to rescue more than 30 homeless cats and dogs each month. Xie Zheng, the lead vocalist of the…

This video was made by Vcats, a organisation in Beijing who are fighting the cat meat and fur trade. There are NO scenes of slaughter.

Vcats are a non-profit, non-religious charity organisation focusing on the fight against the black market trafficking cat chains. Their mission is to promote healthy…

The cats rescued in the early hours of 14th January 2014 in Wuhan, China have been attracting a lot of attention.

Today (21st January 2014) Don't Eat Friends and V-cats visited the cats. Altogether they adopted 69 cats. The cats are expected to reach Beijing at approx 5am…

The cats rescued in the early hours of 14th January 2014 in Wuhan, China have been attracting a lot of attention.

Education starts young. Today (21st Jan), a group of pupils from Daxing Road Primary School, Jianghan, Wuhan paid a visit to the cats. After a meeting was had with the parents and discussions…

Following on from the first posts on the rescue of 2,800 cats in the early hours of 14th January 2014 on their way to slaughter in Wuhan (please see this link to read the story from the beginning:-http://arzone.ning.com/profiles/blogs/china-breaking-news-activists-police-stop-truck-carrying-2-800), the activists had been working through…

At 6pm on January 14th 2014, a University student spotted a truck filled with 2,800 cats in Wuhan, China, on the road to Nanning. He contacted Wuhan Small Animals Protection Association and the police, aswell as posting for help on Weibo. The truck was chased on the highway, eventually being stopped by Traffic Police. Hongshan Animal Quarantine Dept confirmed that the paperwork was fake. The truck was ordered to return to Wuhan for investigation. Just past mid night…