Outrage in China as highway workers cook, eat dog that escapes from pet boarding centre

Chinese highway workers sparked public outrage after cooking and eating a dog that had escaped from a pet boarding centre. - Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote

BEIJING: A pet dog in China escaped from a boarding centre after being startled by fireworks, was struck by a car, and was subsequently eaten by highway workers.

During the Lunar New Year, a woman boarded her dog, Yi Yi, at the Little Tail Pet Boarding Centre in Shenzhen, southern China, while holidaying in the Maldives.