China Scene: West

Animal lovers buy 22 dogs to keep them from the pot

Volunteers in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, bought 22 dogs with 1,450 yuan ($223) in a pet market in Xianyang, another city of the province, in order to prevent the animals from being killed for food.

The volunteers from a dog rescue center in Xi'an learned that dogs were sold to local restaurants from the market recently and decided to save the rest of the dogs there.