As this beautiful breed goes 'out of fashion' in China, more and more dogs are being abandoned or sold for slaughter.
Once considered a ‘fashionable’ breed in China, [link:
http://3milliondogs.com/dogbook/alarming-increase-in-the-number-of-tibetan-mastiffs-abandoned-in-china/| – some of which fetched up to a rumored $1.6 million just a few years ago – are increasingly being found abandoned by their owners as the fad comes to an ugly end.
Abandonment might just be the tip of the iceberg, too. Earlier this year a truckload of 150 Mastiff’s were found making the trip to a slaughterhouse; owners had sold their ‘preloved’ family pets for $5, so they could be used for meat and leather. Luckily, the truck was intercepted by a team of animal rights activists who managed to pay to save most the dogs on board, although a third were already dead from the appalling conditions. Despite the practice being illegal, activists say that police rarely bother to intercept trucks or reprimand those involved.
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http://3milliondogs.com/dogbook/alarming-increase-in-the-number-of-tibetan-mastiffs-abandoned-in-china/|
There are more stories about this cruelty, just google Tibetan Mastiffs China.
Evidently their novelty wore off just like Beanie Babies.
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