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Truck loaded with dogs stopped by animal activists
China Daily, March 7, 2013
Two government veterinarians in Southwest China have been suspended for failing to properly check a truck that was found to be carrying more than 900 dogs to Guangdong Province.
Animal rights activists said they believe most of the animals were stolen, and all were headed to slaughter.
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After getting the truck to pull over, he said, he found many poodles, huskies, German shepherds and golden retrievers, all expensive breeds, locked in cages in the back. "Some still even had their collars," he added.
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In a separate case, about 20 animal rights activists also stopped a truck carrying dogs in Xiuwen county, Guizhou province, on Tuesday.
Ning Tao, a volunteer, said there were 1,123 dogs confiscated and the situation was similar to what happened in Chongqing.
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Han Dong, an animal rights campaigner in Henan province, said the demand for dog meat is huge in Guangdong and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, where eating dog meat is a tradition.
However, according to his observations, there are no special dog farms, so stealing dogs from households and selling them to slaughterhouses has became the common practice
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