The mutts were destined for the dinner table — all 520 of them crammed onto a truck hurtling down a Beijing highway toward awaiting restaurants in northeastern China.Then, fate intervened in the form of a passing driver, an animal lover who spotted the truck and angrily forced it off the road.From there, things began spiraling out of control. News of the confrontation hit the Chinese blogosphere, sending more than 200 animal activists flocking immediately to the highway. Traffic on the road slowed to a standstill. Dozens of police officers were called in. Animal activists, however, kept arriving with reinforcements, carrying water, dog food, even trained veterinarians for a siege that lasted 15 hours.
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Poor little doggies, or any food animals, for that matter.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those hypocrites who eat meat and yet get all teary over stories like this.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard not to when you see a face like that :-(
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