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Cat and Dog Welfare

Dog meat trade exposed

most of the 10 million dogs slaughtered each year in China
for their meat are stolen pets or strays snatched from the What we do
Animals Asia believes the only way to create lasting
streets – despite the industry’s claims that most are bred on
farms. This is one of the shocking indings from Animals Asia’s change for animals is by changing attitudes. That’s why
extensive four-year investigation into the cruel dog meat industry.
we run community programmes like Dr Dog and humane
population control for stray cats. These grassroots

In 2015 we published a series of reports from our investigation, initiatives are changing hearts and minds. We also
exposing cruelty, deception and illegality at every stage of the conduct undercover investigations and public campaigns
to expose the cruelty of dog and cat meat in China and
industry’s supply chain – from how the dogs were sourced, to
the slaughter and sale of dog meat products.
Vietnam.

Our reports had a big impact in China. On Weibo (China’s 60
biggest social network), more than 12,000 people reposted The number of dogs
the story, over 50 million people saw it, and 60 media outlets slaughtered at the Yulin
covered our indings. We also presented our reports to the dog meat festival has
Chinese media outlets
authorities and will continue to work with them to end this dropped by around
80%
reported on Animals Asia’s
terrible industry.
2015 indings from a four-year
investigation into the cruel
and illegal dog meat trade.
in two years.

Battling the elements

When temperatures at a mountain-top dog shelter in China
plummeted to minus 10°C, we stepped in to save its 900 rescue
dogs from freezing to death.

The shelter in the eastern province of Shandong was unprepared
for heavy snow, and had a number of more vulnerable dogs
An Animals Asia investigation, Report No.3,
China’s rural dogAn Animals Asia investigation Report No.2,
et for dog and cat meat
s in crisis
June 2015
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on site, including puppies, nursing mothers and old dogs.
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proof the existing structures. We also provided over 100 new a true crime June 2015
cushions and warm bedding, and paved some muddy ground.
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Our reports into China's dog meat trade received wide media
coverage in 2015.

Your generous support allows us to act quickly when dog
shelters need emergency assistance.

Most 'meat dogs' are strays or stolen pets, despite claims

from the industry that they were bred on farms.

‘
There were once large breeding farms,
but not any more. They couldn’t carry

on. We had one of our own before,

but we found that the bigger it grew,

the more diseases the dogs had, plus ‘
In the old dog houses, mother dogs

the costs were very high. The price
and their babies were covered in quilts

of raising the dogs is higher than the shaking. Our irst priority was to make
’
’
market price of dog meat.them warm.

Worker at fankuai Dog meat Products Carrot Chen
Jiangsu Province, eastern China
Cat and Dog Welfare manager, China

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