Outrage in China as highway workers cook, eat dog that escapes from pet boarding centre
Surveillance footage shows two highway patrol officers taking dog to office kitchen, where it was cooked, shared among eight workers
A pet dog in China escaped from a boarding centre after being startled by fireworks, was struck by a car, and was subsequently eaten by highway workers.
During the Lunar New Year, a woman boarded her dog, Yi Yi, at the Little Tail Pet Boarding Centre in Shenzhen, southern China, while holidaying in the Maldives.
On January 29, four-year-old Yi Yi, a native hunting dog, was startled by fireworks, escaped from the centre, and went missing.
The boarding centre, which offers six to eight hours of outdoor playtime in a fenced grassy area, had allowed Yi Yi to be unleashed that day with the owner’s approval.
After Yi Yi went missing, the owner offered a 50,000-yuan (US$6,800) reward to find her beloved dog, describing Yi Yi as the most important member of her family.
That same day, the owner’s investigation revealed that Yi Yi had wandered onto a Shenzhen highway, was hit by a car, and left on the roadside.