All Blog Posts Tagged 'dogs' (26)

64 year old Yang Yu Hua spent all her 6000 Yuan to rescue about 30 cats and 70 dogs. One of the photos (bottom left) shows her weeping as she leans on the cage, overcome with emotion at rescuing these lucky souls. Anty Yang has a shelter in Chongqing and we previously covered a rescue that she was involved with of 50+ dogs, headed for slaughter in December 2013. The dogs were taken to her shelter. 

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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…

Survivals of the aftermath. Chinese activists have rescued approx 200 dogs from Yulin. The dogs have now been taken to a safe place in Shangrao, 1680km away from Yulin. A lot of the dogs rescued have eye discharge and pus coming from their noses and have tested positive for canine distemper. Dog meat restaurants claim they don’t kill pedigree dogs so where did the Tibetan Mastiff and Samoyed come from? This reinforces…

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 a few months ago, there was a story about a 9 year old boy in the Philippines whose father followed him one day and discovered that he was feeding the stray cats and dogs?

The story went viral and as a result donations started flooding in to help the young boy, Ken, and his animals. Ken did his best to help the animals and frequently spent time with them and offered them food, but he longed for the funds to…

"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…

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 …

There’s a place in Jangsan, Busan where you can relax by bonding with about twenty dogs of different breeds and sizes, all vying for human attention. 

Above a pet shop is the Dog Café where visitors can surround themselves with furry canines who love human attention. Busan is a busy place with tiny apartments so owning a dog can be considered a luxury, so a place like the Dog Café was just what the city’s…

CAN YOU HELP A CAT OR DOG IN CHINA?

The activist who took in cats rescued from slaughter on 6 January needs your help. Can you give one of these cats a home? 35 cats and 152 dogs at his shelter need a home. All animals are available for free adoption from this shelter (but you will need to pay fees to the agent to get the pet home to you).

The dogs on this post are only a handful of the d…

Hao Shuai used to be a TV commercial director. He loves dogs and has been rescuing them for many years. When he brought the animals to the local rescue shelter, he met many passionate volunteers and activists like him, doing their very best for the animals. Hao Shuai noticed that society today neglected on the topic of homeless animals so he decided to contribute with his specialty by making movies about the welfare of animals. The Fool is the second instalment of a trilogy.

Stray For…

Some dogs are suspected to have canine distemper, but the activists still have no distemper testing kits to confirm this. They have been setting up new cages to separate the dogs, which include 5 pregnant bitches. They urgently need more volunteers to help and donations of rice, serum and used clothing & blankets. 

They are begging all kind hearted people to help these children, saved from the butcher's knife. …

This is a film about Da Huang (Big Yellow), a dog in China who was abandoned by his owner and was a stray for 33-days.

The film was produced by volunteers in China who received no profit from the film. It was made to raise people's awareness about stray dogs and encourage them to adopt instead of…

Zhang Luping, is the founder of Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Education Center (BHAEEC) and is a billionaire.

BHAEEC is located in a special compound in Changping district, where Zhang lives with more than 700 homeless dogs and cats, all of which receive her care and attention. Farmers and volunteers pluck weeds, so there will be fewer mosquitoes to bite the animals.

"I am a…

Former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) employee V. Ganeson’s heart breaks every time he sees dogs being caught and taken to government pounds.“I know what happens to them there and that is one of the reasons I quit my job in DBKL three years short of retirement,” said Ganeson, 58.

It is also one of the reasons that Ganesan started his shelter eight years ago and takes care of about 200 d…

75-year-old uncle Liu Yihua has owned a shoe polish stall at the junction of Shuang Hua Road for many years in Chengdu but he lives frugally so that he can afford to keep his 9 adopted stray dogs. 

Uncle Liu says he has to spend at least 4 or 5 hundred dollars a month to feed them. Usually he is reluctant to spend on himself. He smokes a pack…

Beena Mohapatra, affectionately called Beena Mashi (Aunty Beena) is an aging lady, living in Calcutta, India, who sacrifices everything for 'her' stray dogs and cats.

She is a domestic maid in return for a room to sleep and eat in and after she has finished the chores she carries 20 heavy buckets of water…