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Shadow@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

China celebrity dog stolen, sold for US$25 and eaten

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China celebrity dog stolen, sold for US$25 and eaten

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Shadow@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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China celebrity dog stolen, sold for US$25 and eaten; owner stymied by weak pet laws
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Strangers on electric bike steal Border Collie while loving owner is on overseas trip; animal slaughtered for dish in restaurant.
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  • FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Yet another Chinese certified L

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    Makes me wonder if there is some kind of food shortage we’re not hearing about. Eating dogs is one thing, but the stealing of pets to use as meat sounds like a form of desperation.

  • wabafee@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Wtf

  • T156@lemmy.world
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    Am I missing something?

    Nothing in the article itself suggests that we know what happened to the dog after it was stolen other than the headline.

    The article just ends after this part:

    Guo cut short his trip and rushed back to China to search for him.

    Checking the archive didn’t turn up any more of the article.

    • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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      Same for me with noscript

    • Naz@sh.itjust.works
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    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Yes to this, foreign dogs are worth more money as pets. Local common breeds are the only ones that get used for meat.

  • magnue@lemmy.world
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    Maybe just stop eating dogs eh?

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    I’m sorry but this line is so absurd i can’t stop laughing

    Anyway, this is a matter on the levels of disable someone

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    • Uruanna@lemmy.world
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      That’s just Doomslayer.

  • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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    Should have sold the dog as a pet. Previous owner paid $300USD for him.

    • matlag@sh.itjust.works
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      Welcome to China’s huge gap between cities and some rural areas. Where the parents (from where the dog was stolen) live, there may not have been a market for a pet.

      But restaurants have needs all the time.

  • lechekaflan@lemmy.world
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    There still exist absolute traditionalist peasantry, unbending even during Mao and the Cultural Revolution, and even unchanged by how much money they earn, where they still maintain their own culture and habits, which includes consuming certain animals for their supposed medicinal and libidinous properties. Yeah, to those people, a dog is a dog that can be killed for dinner as livestock… and washed down with beer.

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    I hope he shared which restaurant the dog was sold to. I suspect the place would be burnt to the ground.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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      Nah Chinese don’t care about animal rights in any capacity. Unless it’s a Panda - then you need a lease.

      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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        They do when it’s a pet.

  • NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world
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    Eating Dog? In modern day China?

    • x00z@lemmy.world
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      Eating dog is very mild compared to Virgin Boy Eggs

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg

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        • x00z@lemmy.world
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          I got permabanned for discrimination towards China when I replied to a post about weird Chinese food saying that they’re pretty weird when it comes to food together with that link.

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      Yes. People eat dogs shocker.

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