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| Yulin: Animal loving woman pays $1,000 to save 100 dogs at meat market from slaughter | |
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| A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 dogs from being eaten at the Yulin dog meat festival. | A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 dogs from being eaten at the Yulin dog meat festival. |
| 65-year-old Yang Xiaoyun, who is retired, travelled 1,500 miles from her home in Tianjin to Yulin city where the festival is being held. | 65-year-old Yang Xiaoyun, who is retired, travelled 1,500 miles from her home in Tianjin to Yulin city where the festival is being held. |
| Arriving at the market on Saturday, the animal lover paid 7,000 yuan, or $1,000, to save one hundred dogs before they could be slaughtered and sold as meat. | Arriving at the market on Saturday, the animal lover paid 7,000 yuan, or $1,000, to save one hundred dogs before they could be slaughtered and sold as meat. |
| Yang Xiaoyun purchased the dogs on Saturday to save them from slaughter | Yang Xiaoyun purchased the dogs on Saturday to save them from slaughter |
| Crowds gather as the animal lover came to market and announced she wanted to purchase 100 dogs | Crowds gather as the animal lover came to market and announced she wanted to purchase 100 dogs |
| It is estimated that around 10,000 cats and dogs will be slaughtered during the festival which takes place annually to mark the summer solstice. | It is estimated that around 10,000 cats and dogs will be slaughtered during the festival which takes place annually to mark the summer solstice. |
| There has been international outcry about the festival which has been condemned as animal cruelty. Both Ricky Gervais and Leona Lewis have led calls for the event to be banned. | There has been international outcry about the festival which has been condemned as animal cruelty. Both Ricky Gervais and Leona Lewis have led calls for the event to be banned. |
| Yang owns an animal sanctuary called ‘Common Home for All’ and first began rescuing animals in 1995 when she pulled an abandoned kitten from a river. She intends to take the 1,000 dogs from Yulin back to the sanctuary. | Yang owns an animal sanctuary called ‘Common Home for All’ and first began rescuing animals in 1995 when she pulled an abandoned kitten from a river. She intends to take the 1,000 dogs from Yulin back to the sanctuary. |
| Yang hauls away one of the cages containing the dogs | Yang hauls away one of the cages containing the dogs |
| It has been reported that she is considering opening an animal sanctuary in the Yulin area to save more dogs from the animal meat festival in the future. | It has been reported that she is considering opening an animal sanctuary in the Yulin area to save more dogs from the animal meat festival in the future. |