Thanks to an AWA volunteer and sponsor, these dogs are now being cared for in Voorhees before being ready to find homes
The following is a press release from the Animal Welfare Association:
At the end of November, The Animal Welfare Association (AWA) took in three dogs that were rescued from the Chinese dog meat trade.
Lori Topiel, an AWA volunteer and sponsor, recently rescued her own dog from the Chinese meat trade and connected AWA with an international rescue group. Shanbao, Maggie, and Aman are three dogs lucky enough to be saved from a cruel fate and are currently being sheltered and cared for at AWA.
Other dogs are not as lucky. In China, millions of dogs are bred and inhumanely killed for their meat.
“It’s heartbreaking to think how these dogs live,” says Maya Richmond, executive director for the AWA.“These dogs are bred merely for consumption. Once they were no longer useful, they are sold to meat vendors.”
For Maggie, it was especially a close call.
“Maggie was on a truck on her way to be slaughtered when a heroic woman from the rescue organization plucked her right from the truck,” says Richmond.
AWA will provide Shanbao, Maggie, and Aman with time to adjust. They will receive medical care and extensive behavior rehabilitation and training so they can learn that humans can be loving and kind; ultimately they will be placed into the kind of homes they deserve. They are a long way from the cramped, chicken-wire crates they once lived in.
Animal Welfare Association, a private, non-profit, 501(c) 3 animal welfare organization, serves the people and animals of southern New Jersey. AWA is dedicated to eliminating animal suffering, promoting the importance of the human-animal bond, and improving the role of animals in the well-being of people. Through a variety of programs including adoptions, veterinary services, pet therapy, and humane education, in 2017 over 22,000 pets were served through AWA programming. AWA is South Jersey’s leader in progressive companion animal care.
