dogs and cat saved from slaughter in china

Over than 400 dogs and cats have been saved from being slaughtered, cooked and served in restaurants in a Chinese city.
The animals were squeezed into small cages rusty on the back of a heavy truck as they were being transported in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province.
The rescue operation on the night of May 26 took place one month before the annual festival of dog meat in China, which is scheduled to take place in the neighboring province of Guangxi, on the summer solstice.

Witnesses said three men, aged between 20 and 30 years, were trying to surround the cages with paper boxes labeled 'seafood'.
The rear of the truck was covered by black canvas, the report said.
not said were about 300 cats and 100 dogs in the vehicle.
Passers suspected the animals had been stolen and were being sent to restaurants, where they would be massacred.
scene photographs were taken and upload them to WeChat, an application of Chinese media.
The position is shared quickly leads to hundreds of animal lovers to rush to the scene.
A Heng, a volunteer who participated in the rescue, said On.cc that had surrounded the truck and the driver demanded release the animals.
The police were also called to the scene.
After about four hours of negotiation, the driver finally unloaded the animals, which were kept in a temporary warehouse.