68 dogs rescued from China’s dog meat festival

Activists in China have intercepted a haul of 68 dogs on the way to slaughter at the controversial dog meat festival in the city of Yulin.

The desperate dogs were rescued just outside of the city, in the Guangxi autonomous region, according to Humane Society International, which found that many of the animals appeared to be in poor health. And, despite festival-goers’ claims that these canines are raised for slaughter, rescuers found the dogs eager to extend their paws to humans — suggesting they had once been pets.