Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from meat festival: report

[meow2u3]

A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 canines from being eaten during a dog meat festival, media said Sunday, as activists have lashed out at the event labelling it cruel.

Animal-loving Yang Xiaoyun paid about 7,000 yuan (US$1,100) to save around 100 dogs in the southern city of Yulin on Saturday, web portal Netease reported.

The city holds an annual festival devoted to the animal's meat on the summer solstice, which has provoked an increasing backlash from animal protection activists.

Reports said that Yang, 65, plans to rehouse the dogs at her home nearly 2,000 kilometres (124 miles) away in Tianjin.

http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-woman-pays-rescue-100-dogs-meat-festival-104053981.html

Good for Ms. Yang. Dogs are man's best friend, not man's favorite dinner.

[onehandle]

1. Now you've done it.

You are about to be told here that eating dogs is part of their 'culture' and that we should not think it's 'wrong.'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. K&R

[En Garde]

3. There are plenty of animal lovers in China.

Most Chinese do not eat cat or dog meat. Unfortunately, as in this country and others, there are culinary aspects of culture (see France's penchant for horse meat and Africa's taste for bushmeat -- and ours for beef) that are distasteful to many.