BEIJING - A truck crammed with the dogs was forced to stop on Friday on a highway in eastern Beijing by a motorist who swerved his car in front of the truck and then used his microblog to alert animal-rights activists, reports said.
The dogs were being transported from the central Chinese province of Henan to restaurants in Jilin province in the north-east. 430 to 520 dogs were rescued.
Eventually, about 200 animal lovers and activists gathered around the truck in eastern Beijing and after a 15-hour standoff that jammed traffic the dogs were freed early Saturday when an animal-protection group purchased them for 115,000 yuan (S$21,900).
The interception of the dogs was the latest bold action by pet-lovers in China, where growing awareness of animal rights is colliding with centuries-old culinary practices.
The activists were reported as saying many of the dogs still had collars with bells and name tags, indicating they had been stolen from their owners.ORIGINAL SOURCE
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