Chinese man strips naked and caged himself to protest dog buthers

An encaged performance artist set up shop in front of a Guizhou Province dog butcher shop yesterday to protest the consumption of dogs. Despite the 3 degrees celsius outside temperature, the 40-year-old canine advocate, Pian Shankong, was clad in nothing but a pair of underwear. Throngs of self-proclaimed dog volunteers joined him in the demonstration, chanting "do not eat dog meat."

Pian stated with regards to the bizarre spectacle:

"I do urge you not to eat dog meat. We love promoting small animals, protection of human faithful friend."

Pian's protest is one of many demonstrations he has "performed" in a circuit of Southwest China, spanning Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in addition to Guizhou.

China has recently banned a dog-eating festival that dates back more than 600 years after a Chinese internet uproar over the way dogs are slaughtered. However there are still some butchers that are still slaughtering dogs for its meat.

Chinese man trains his dog to do shopping for him

Some dogs bring their owner a newspaper or their slippers -- but this one goes much further and even does the shopping.
A man in China has found one more reason that dogs are man's best friend. He's trained his dog to go grocery shopping for him.

The dog carries a basket in his mouth with a shopping list and money to the store. Shopkeepers look out for the dog and they send him home with everything on the list.

The man says he used to take the dog to the store with him and trained him to carry the bag home. Eventually he started sending the dog out by himself.

It could be all about the reward at the end. When the dog gets home, he gets a treat of sausage and ice cream.

You can watch the video here.

I'm inspired and for the start, I will now train my cat to wash my clothes. Haha!

News Source: 9news.com

Loyal dog guards the grave of deceased master

People living in a Chinese village have been so moved by a dog that has been guarding the grave of its deceased owner they plan to build a kennel for him.

The yellow dog belonged to Lao Pan, a single man who died earlier this month aged 68.

After his room in Panjiatun village near Qingdao city, Shandong Province, was cleared his dog disappeared.

But villagers later found the dog by the grave of its owner. Reports say that for seven days, the dog stayed there, refusing to leave.

Seeing that the dog was going without food, the locals tried to take it back to the village and gave it some buns.

The dog took the buns and returned to the graveyard.

Now the villagers are taking food and water to the dog regularly and plan to put up a kennel for it near its owner's grave.

The story is reminiscent of Edinburgh's Greyfriar Bobby, a Skye terrier who, history recalls, spent 14 years at his master's grave in the 19th century.

He is now immortalised with a bronze statue in the city and has his own website.

Bobby belonged to John Gray, who worked for Edinburgh City Police. He was two when Gray died of tuberculosis in 1858 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.

The dog apparently spent the rest of his life sitting on his master's grave, cared for by well-wishers. Several books and films have been based on his story.


News source: sky.com