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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.…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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'Inside Japan, more and more activists like Satoshi Komiyama are publicizing their opposition to the annual dolphin drive-hunt in Taiji.
Within Japan, most people seem to have little knowledge of the cetacean blood being spilled around the archipelago. Ric O’Barry has long argued that if real change is going to happen in Japan, it will have to come from inside. It cannot be imposed by foreigners—no matter how vocal,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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UniDog is a nonprofit org in Thailand whose mission is “to bring about the day when all stray dogs and cats can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.”
They have made these posters to show that dogs are not food, they are friends and want to live just as much as other animals do. They also quote that “25 million dogs are killed for food each year. Help save them from the dog meat trade.” That is a…
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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…
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BREAKING NEWS: Activists in Shanghai intercepted a cat trafficker early this morning (6 January 2014) with the help of local police at at Qi Lian Shan Nan Lu, Pu Tuo, Shanghai (祁连山南路, 普陀, 上海). They held up the traffickers, the truck and their motorbikes and more than 20 crates containing hundreds of cats. They reported the situation to the police and posted on Weibo asking more people torush to the scene to support them. The police arrived swiftly. All motorbikes…
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BREAKING NEWS!!!
Approx 200 cats were rescued in Shanghai this morning (6 Jan, 2014) by activists with the help of local police at Qi Lian Shan Nan Lu, Pu Tuo, Shanghai (祁连山南路, 普陀, 上海)
Photos sourced & translation by NT.
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Qi Qu, a professional brow and make-up artist from Guangzhou, Guangdong adopted a stray cat.
Qi Qu says to her lucky cat, “Who says a homeless man can't be a prince charming! I am so lucky to have met you, chubby boy!”
Photos sourced & translation by NT.…
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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…
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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. …
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