Daisy’s story
Many people ask us if the rescues they see on the internet are real and what happens to the dogs rescued.So we wanted to share our experience based on 15 years of working on the ground in China and Asia.
The lovely dog you see in the photo is Daisy. She is a pure-breed Labrador- likely a stolen pet or from a breeding farm and in the autumn, she was packed into a truck with about 120 large dogs- all pure breeds and sent for slaughter. This wasn’t Yulin; it was after the summer, and it wasn’t in the south of China but in Hebei, about 50 km from our base.
We heard about a large truck pulling the dogs on the highway heading north, either to Dongbei or to the Northern Hebei slaughterhouses.We joined fellow activists to tail the truck and managed to block its route as it left a checkpoint/ toll booth.
The police arrived, and there was a big stand-off between a handful of activists and the driver and his bosses from the criminal gangs, who were constantly on the phone.It’s not illegal to transport live dogs or cats for slaughter, but it is illegal to be missing general goods transport papers. On this technicality, we managed to impound the truck.
By then, all the dogs were suffering from dehydration, and we tried to give them water to drink through the heavy metal bars. Many had open wounds and injuries. The police would not let us take the dogs but agreed for them to go to a secure piece of ground ‘ for so-called inspection’
What followed were days of anguish as vets were denied access, and some of the poor dogs perished. The butchers were also fighting hard to get ‘ their dogs’ back and paying bribes.
We knew, with our own meagre resources and over 700 dogs and cats in our care, we could no take all the dogs, so we agreed with another small Chinese rescue to take 22.Amongst them were Daisy and some of the other beautiful dogs you will have seen on our pages.It took us months to get them well, as some had already contracted distemper.
Late last year, Daisy was offered a home in the UK, and she spent her first Christmas surrounded by a loving family.
Sadly, that is not the case for the others we have, and each month we struggle to feed them. We urgently need help and funds.
Rescue work is hard, dangerous and draining. And caring for the dogs and cats after rescue is a full-time work of devotion.The cruelty will never stop as long as there is no formal national ban to prohibit eating cats and dogs. And, as long as the criminal gangs can obtain their ‘ product’ for free or low cost and their evil gains are untaxed and unchecked, the trade will continue.
Your continued voice as activists is vital, as is your support of our work.
Please help us by sharing posts, donating what you can, buying merchandise to say no to dog meat, and never giving up until the cruelty ends.
Thank you for your compassion and support.
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