Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from meat festival

This picture taken on June 20, 2015 shows animal-loving Yang Xiaoyun (C) going around buying some 100 dogs at a market in Yulin, in southern China's Guangxi province. - AFP

YULIN (China): A Chinese woman has paid over US$1,000 (RM3,738) to save 100 canines from being eaten during a dog meat festival. 

Animal-loving Yang Xiaoyun paid about 7,000 (US$1,000) yuan to save around 100 dogs in the southern city of Yulin on Saturday, web portal Netease reported, Sunday.