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[-] T156@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Am I missing something?

Nothing in the article itself suggests that we know what happened to the dog after it was stolen other than the headline.

The article just ends after this part:

Guo cut short his trip and rushed back to China to search for him.

Checking the archive didn't turn up any more of the article.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 hours ago

I think the rest of the article is locked behind javascript, there was a fade and a button to load the rest of the article.

[-] SharkWeek 2 points 4 hours ago

Yes to this, foreign dogs are worth more money as pets. Local common breeds are the only ones that get used for meat.

[-] j_elgato@leminal.space 1 points 3 hours ago

That headline is a serious roller coaster ride...

[-] xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 hours ago
[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Should have sold the dog as a pet. Previous owner paid $300USD for him.

[-] rounding_error@lemmy.today 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

This hits close to home since my dog actually escaped the Chinese meat market. As far as I’m aware it’s actually a big problem over there. They were owned by an (assuming) wealthy family then stolen and sold. They were part of the batch that were seized / stolen back (tbh I’m fuzzy on the details). We’ve since given her a happy life and a family, but I feel a little morbid that fate could’ve swayed the other way and they would’ve been someone’s dinner.

[-] Vandalismo@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'm sorry but this line is so absurd i can't stop laughing

Anyway, this is a matter on the levels of disable someone

[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

There still exist absolute traditionalist peasantry, unbending even during Mao and the Cultural Revolution, and even unchanged by how much money they earn, where they still maintain their own culture and habits, which includes consuming certain animals for their supposed medicinal and libidinous properties. Yeah, to those people, a dog is a dog that can be killed for dinner... and washed down with beer.

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)
[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

That's just Doomslayer.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 13 hours ago

The article title and body don't match in the amount of the sale:

sold for US$25

He was later told that Chutou had been sold to a dog meat restaurant for 180 yuan (US$27) and the pet had been eaten.

I mean, not that it's that far off, but seems odd to have an article where the two don't match.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

180 yuan right now is $26.59. Given the headline only reports the conversion which changes, it's arguably better to round it as they did to convey a general point rather than the exact specific amount of dollars.


Edit: Looking at it now, the conversion rate seems reasonably stable, so I wonder if they still rounded it just for simplicity's sake.

[-] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Eating Dog? In modern day China?

[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

searches

https://www.humaneworld.org/en/campaign/ending-chinas-dog-and-cat-meat-trades

Globally, an estimated 20 million dogs and 6 million cats are slaughtered annually for human consumption. Of these, approximately 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are killed each year in China alone.

Sounds like it.

[-] SharkWeek 8 points 9 hours ago

Yes. People eat dogs shocker.

[-] West_of_West@piefed.social 9 points 12 hours ago

So dog meat is affordable?

looks at my cockapoo

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 8 points 12 hours ago

You already own the cockapoo, so only you can say how affordable its meat is

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

My lab was $500. Discount doggy. But his alive value is immeasurable.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Rupert† was only $60. But we have fed him for something like 8 years. So that's a pretty large investment for a meal. And if you see my posts over on c/cooking you will know that I am always calculating the cost of a meal.

Your lab has a lot more than $500 in them. Don't undervalue them. I don't think lab is suitable for breakfast, lunch or brunch. Have people over for dinner and charge a reasonable amount.

† aka I wasn't letting my wife make him Giles.


This comment, hopefully, is solidly sarcasm.

[-] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

My yorkshire terrier has horrible price to weight ratio. He was about 18000 sek as a puppy, with a weight of less than half a kilo. As I fed him to full weight, he stopped growing muscles at around 3 kilos.

Would not recommend as a food species. I kept him alive and now, 11 years later, I can say that he has been fully acceptable as a pet instead.

Kant the dog

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

I hope he shared which restaurant the dog was sold to. I suspect the place would be burnt to the ground.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)
[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 13 hours ago

Really? Not John Wick?

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