https://www.scmp.com/rss/500220/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Chinese authorities and animal rights activists busted two dog slaughterhouses that were particularly cruel because it appeared workers were skinning the animals. The raids targeted two facilities in Jinan, a city in eastern China’s Shandong province, on November 20 and 28, saving over 50 dogs from the facilities in the process. The properties were not related to one another. The dogs will be cared for at a shelter provided by Vshine, a Chinese animal rights group, and Humane Society... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3158923/chinese-authorities-bust-operations-were?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3158923/chinese-authorities-bust-operations-were?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:30:20 +0000 Stalls at a livestock market in southern China were shut down for selling hundreds of cats and dogs after a pet owner traced a missing cat there. The Pengjiang district government in Jiangmen, in Guangdong province, shut down the stalls at the Yuanhui Livestock Trade Market after receiving reports from animal-cruelty activists that stolen cats were being sold. The authorities raided the market, seizing 235 cats, which were later given health checks by the city’s animal disease prevention and... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3124823/suspected-dog-and-cat-meat-factory-china-raided-after-owner?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3124823/suspected-dog-and-cat-meat-factory-china-raided-after-owner?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:30:13 +0000 Dog meat lovers are returning in full force for a season of feasting in the southern Chinese city of Yulin despite pressure rising across the country to end the trade after the Covid-19 pandemic focused attention on China’s meat consumption. “The scale of the dog meat trade in Yulin is pretty much the same compared to previous years,” said animal welfare advocate Yu Dezhi. Yu surveyed the city, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in May. The central government has banned the wildlife trade... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-dog-meat-feast-going-strong-despite-pressure-end-trade/article/3088416?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-dog-meat-feast-going-strong-despite-pressure-end-trade/article/3088416?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:21:32 +0000