Dog lovers' protest ends in C China

A six-day protest against a poultry purchasing station involving dozens of dog lovers ended Thursday in central China's Henan Province.

Dog lovers gathered in front of a poultry purchasing station in Yulong Township in Xingyang City to oppose illegal purchasing and transporting of dogs without quarantine certificates. They demanded the release of the dogs.

The local animal disease prevention and control department quarantined the 371 dogs on Wednesday.

According to local police, most of the protesters left the scene after police arrived. The remaining 30 were summoned to the police station for interrupting law enforcement, with four receiving warnings. All those summoned had left the police station on Thursday morning.

Transporting dogs without a quarantine certificate is illegal in China. However, the request of the protestors to release the dogs has no legal basis as transporting and raising poultry and dogs is allowed by law.

Scores of dogs are locked in small cages at a dog purchasing station in Yulong Township, central China's Henan Province on Dec. 22, 2014. [Photo/Weibo] 

Scores of dogs are locked in small cages at a dog purchasing station in Yulong Township, central China's Henan Province on Dec. 22, 2014. [Photo/Weibo] 

The living condition for dogs at the purchasing station in Yulong Township, central China's Henan Province is shabby and poor. [Photo/Weibo] 

Local animal husbandry authorities inspect dogs in Xingyang, Henan Province. [Photo/CNS] 

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