Residents have begun killing and eating dogs early in celebration of the summer solstice in a bid to avoid protests by animal rights campaigners. Some residents of the southern Chinese city of Yulin started gathering last weekend and eating dog meat and lychees to celebrate the longest day of the year, ahead of Saturday’s actual solstice, state media reported. The locals wanted to avoid protests which have in recent years […]

In Pic :An unidentified man with two Tibetan mastiffs after they were sold at a “luxury pet” fair in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. One of the Tibetan mastiff puppies (L) was sold in China for almost $US2-million, a report said on March 19, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever. BEIJING — A Chinese dog breeder said Thursday that a property developer paid him 18-million […]