There were more than 800 dogs crammed onto a truck with barely enough room to breathe.
The small wire cages were all stacked on top of each other, and the truck was heading to a slaughterhouse in Guangzhou, China.
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Peter Li, a Chinese policy expert for the Humane Society International (HIS), said that this shipment was the largest they had ever seen.
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Some of the dogs had spread diseases to each other, and there were even pregnant females on the truck – and none of them were being fed.
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It is estimated that around 10 million dogs are killed each year in China for their meat.
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The dogs are hung, electrocuted, stabbed to death, or bludgeoned.
Tragically, some are even cooked or skinned alive!
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You can’t tell me that is at all humane or similar to how other animals are killed for their meat!
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Happily, a group of animal lovers were not about to see any of these dogs perish!
First, a man drove his SUV in front of the truck, forcing it to stop.
Then the authorities asked for health certificates. Any animal being transported in China needs a health certificate – if there isn’t one, the animal is likely a stolen pet.
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Within an hour, there were about 100 cars and 300 people on the scene!
The people fed the dogs and gave them water. Dead dogs were removed from their cages.
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It took 10 hours, but finally, the driver had to give up all the dogs because he didn’t have a health certificate for any of them!
Share away, people.