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Jan 20, 2020
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Scientists have identified a new coronavirus, which has infected more than two hundred people since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports on the origins of the mysterious SARS-like virus and the scientific race to control it
Wuhan Market (Husband Seafood Market)
In Wuhan, dog meat is actually not very common. Nevertheless, we discovered a stall with cages in a market, in which different, still living animals were locked: 15 dogs distributed over several cages; also caimans, rabbits, raccoons, hedgehogs, spines, pheasants, donkeys and geese. That morning they must have killed at least one dog because we saw his fur lying on one of the cages. Another dog's skull was in another cage.
In the course of our research, we determined on the one hand in the Three Birds Dali markets in Nanhai, Foshan (in the Guangdong region) where dogs and cats are sold, as well as in two breeding and fattening farms and in a slaughterhouse. Said research is part of the “Life instead of Suffering” campaign that we initiated in April this year to end the cruel cat and dog meat trade in China.
Although security guards chased us and prevented us from watching the animals being unloaded from the trucks, we still managed to watch thousands of them, penned up in tiny cages, taken to the markets in huge trucks.
Dogs, cats and rabbits are often unloaded from the trucks in the middle of the night and their cages, in which they are locked up, are carelessly thrown off the truck. The impact on the ground is so violent that many of the animals break their bones.
Dog fattening farm in Jiaxiang
In this dog fattening facility in Jiaxiang, we saw how up to 10 puppies were kept in a tiny cage. We discovered another 60 adult dogs in other cages. The animals are fattened until they have reached a weight of at least 90 kilos and then sold for meat consumption.
Dog breeding in Shandong
To experience first hand how the trade in dog meat works in China, we visited a dog breed in Shandong (Jining) where puppies are bred for their meat and fur. We were given access to two halls in the Shandong facility: one that housed adult dogs and one that was full of puppies.
In the first hall there were several huts in which up to 10 large dogs were accommodated (Alaskan Malamutes, Galgos, etc.). These dogs are kept for breeding purposes.
In the second hall - the breeding hall - we counted about 150 puppies, most of them just a few weeks old. Up to 13 puppies were crammed into one tiny cage. The little ones can hardly move in it.
As we were informed in the farm, the puppies are sold to other farms at the age of just 3 weeks, where they are fattened until they have reached the desired slaughter weight. As soon as this happens, the little ones are killed in the factory or in a slaughterhouse. Each puppy is sold for around 200 yuan.
CNN
Scientists have identified a new coronavirus, which has infected more than two hundred people since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports on the origins of the mysterious SARS-like virus and the scientific race to control it
Wuhan Market (Husband Seafood Market)
In Wuhan, dog meat is actually not very common. Nevertheless, we discovered a stall with cages in a market, in which different, still living animals were locked: 15 dogs distributed over several cages; also caimans, rabbits, raccoons, hedgehogs, spines, pheasants, donkeys and geese. That morning they must have killed at least one dog because we saw his fur lying on one of the cages. Another dog's skull was in another cage.
In the course of our research, we determined on the one hand in the Three Birds Dali markets in Nanhai, Foshan (in the Guangdong region) where dogs and cats are sold, as well as in two breeding and fattening farms and in a slaughterhouse. Said research is part of the “Life instead of Suffering” campaign that we initiated in April this year to end the cruel cat and dog meat trade in China.
Although security guards chased us and prevented us from watching the animals being unloaded from the trucks, we still managed to watch thousands of them, penned up in tiny cages, taken to the markets in huge trucks.
Dogs, cats and rabbits are often unloaded from the trucks in the middle of the night and their cages, in which they are locked up, are carelessly thrown off the truck. The impact on the ground is so violent that many of the animals break their bones.
Dog fattening farm in Jiaxiang
In this dog fattening facility in Jiaxiang, we saw how up to 10 puppies were kept in a tiny cage. We discovered another 60 adult dogs in other cages. The animals are fattened until they have reached a weight of at least 90 kilos and then sold for meat consumption.
Dog breeding in Shandong
To experience first hand how the trade in dog meat works in China, we visited a dog breed in Shandong (Jining) where puppies are bred for their meat and fur. We were given access to two halls in the Shandong facility: one that housed adult dogs and one that was full of puppies.
In the first hall there were several huts in which up to 10 large dogs were accommodated (Alaskan Malamutes, Galgos, etc.). These dogs are kept for breeding purposes.
In the second hall - the breeding hall - we counted about 150 puppies, most of them just a few weeks old. Up to 13 puppies were crammed into one tiny cage. The little ones can hardly move in it.
As we were informed in the farm, the puppies are sold to other farms at the age of just 3 weeks, where they are fattened until they have reached the desired slaughter weight. As soon as this happens, the little ones are killed in the factory or in a slaughterhouse. Each puppy is sold for around 200 yuan.