Dog lovers can't ignore law to fulfill goal

The attempt of some dog lovers to rescue 320 dogs by forcibly stopping the truck carrying them on an expressway in North China's Hebei province and thus causing a massive traffic jam has sparked a heated public debate. Despite their good intention of saving the dogs, the dog lovers' action seriously endangered public safety and has been severely criticized by netizens.

According to the announcement made by traffic police of Langfang, Hebei, on its official microblog site, on Saturday a truck carrying 320 dogs from Central China's Henan province to Northeast China's Jilin province was forcibly stopped on the highway by three vehicles driven by the dog lovers. The two parties came to blows and even defied the traffic police's order, causing the massive traffic jam on the highway.

This is not the first time dog lovers in China have used extreme or violent means to save dogs. Even on some previous occasions, they have forcibly stopped trucks carrying dogs on highways.