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Summary Some 200 people responded to a call to rescue the dogs being taken to a slaughter house for food.
After spotting a truck packed with hundreds of whimpering dogs on a Beijing highway, a man put out a call on a microblogging site, begging fellow animal lovers to help him force the driver to release the animals.Around 200 people responded, blockading the truck at a toll booth for 15 hours until they finally negotiated the dogs release for $17,000, saving them from being slaughtered and served as food.Many of the animals were dehydrated, injured and suffering from a potentially deadly virus; at least 68 have been hospitalised.The move indicates a changes in Chinese society over the past decade as fantastic economic growth has bred a middle class with new sensibilities.
