Chinese authorities bust operations that were skinning dogs
- The two facilities were making dog meat, but activists do not know what happened to the pelts
- China is trying to contain dog meat production, and many raids come from tip-offs by neighbours who do not want to live near the facilities
Chinese authorities and animal rights activists busted two dog slaughterhouses that were particularly cruel because it appeared workers were skinning the animals.
The dogs will be cared for at a shelter provided by Vshine, a Chinese animal rights group, and Humane Society International (HSI), a US-based charity that supports Vshine.
Huang Ziyang, an activist from Vshine, said the group receives about five tip-offs per year of similar slaughterhouses. They tend to be located in Guangdong, Guangxi and northern China.
“The dogs are often stray dogs or stolen from pet owners,” said Huang.
In the Shandong facilities, Huang said there was clear evidence that the dogs were brutally killed, “But it is still unclear what they have been killed for and where their fur pelts or other parts have gone,” he said.
