Triggers massive online outrage
A man tries to save the dogs at the pit in Inner Mongolia, China
Beijing: Around 100 stray dogs have been buried alive in northern China, triggering a massive online outrage over welfare of animals in the Communist country. A post on Sina Weibo appealed for help on Wednesday night to save scores of stray dogs trapped in a big pit near a garbage dump in Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
“Yinchuanshouhuzhedongwuzhijia” or “Home for Stray Animals in Yinchuan”, an NGO, posted pictures of the dogs in the pit, including a close-up of a puppy, Xinhua reported. The photos were taken by a woman, surnamed Tan, who went to the site with five friends on Wednesday to search for a pet dog. “We saw around a hundred dogs in a pit, but we could not get down into it because it was too deep,” Ms Tan said, adding they tried to save the dogs using ropes. They saved over 20.
She said that the dogs must have been in the hole for a long time, because they were thirsty. A volunteer at the NGO said eight members of the agency went to rescue the dogs on Thursday, only to find the pit had been filled.
( Source : PTI )
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