Stories
Indie (named initially’ Maria Lucia’) was rescued from a dog meat truck headed to a local Baicheng slaughterhouse. She was shaking and terrified as scary dog meat traders with big metal clamps dragged her around. She spent a brief time at the shelter and was timid and unsure at first. However, it wasn’t long before […]
Wally the endearing, dashing Dachshund captured everyone’s heart instantly when we spotted him being sold at the market in December 2019. How anyone could think about hurting sweet innocent creatures like him, we will never understand. Fortunately, we were able to take Wally with us before any harm came to him. He’s the cutest little […]
Snow is a stunning white greyhound rescued from the dog meat market on June 21st, 2020. A striking, graceful male, covered head to toe in lovely white fur. Luckily Snow didn’t have any serious illnesses and stayed with us under our care until December 21st, 2020 when he finally took his freedom flight to the […]
Almost one year ago, thanks to a fortuitous twist of fate, we rescued a beautiful, young, male, golden retriever after he was spotted being weighed by dog meat traders at a local market.Fortunately, Cooper (now called Bumble) didn’t have any serious health issues and was taken under the wing of rescue group @nanas_haven_ at the […]
Stunning Sam is one of the ‘fortunate 5’ dogs we rescued on May 1st. He is also the 2nd one of the 5 dogs to make it over to the USA. This adoption was made possible by Nana’s Haven who arranged for all of his export paperwork /transport and facilitated finding his fabulous new home.Sam is now […]
Elli is a stunning, 3-year-old, Saluki cross found trembling in a bag at the local market being sold by dog meat traders on September 6th 2020. The transaction was fortuitously intercepted by our founder and Elli was rescued from a horrific fate. Although she had no serious health implications she was extremely anxious at the […]
The fortuitous corgi with captivating eyes.A stunning male corgi with a huge ice-blue eye and a big cavernous brown eye. Both eyes looked on at our founder through the rusty bars of the cage, his 2 paws rested on them and he stared intently. The very same cage that Casper the old English sheepdog was […]
Casper is a young, male, old English sheepdog. He was rescued from Taonan dog butchers on 19th November 2019. A lovely lady in the USA watched his rescue video and ardently offered him a home. She waited patiently for him to be ready to travel and finally in March 2020 he was united with the […]
Jenko the Malinois, a young male (formally called Garrick) distinguishable by the unique, white marking across his stunning face. Jenko’s rescue was considerably more traumatic than a standard rescue. The poor dog was savagely attacked by another dog that belonged to the owner of the slaughterhouse. As Jenko was being taken out of the […]
This stunning, female samoyed cross, was Initially named Bertie but is now called Grace living her best life in the USA. We rescued her from Baicheng slaughterhouse on June 21. Upon being rescued her condition was very poor and she was literally just skin and bones. It took the uniting of 3 rescue groups to […]
Bear was rescued in August from dog meat traders in Baicheng, He was then taken under the wing of the Elite Greyhound adoptions group and after completing all of his vetting he and 3 other Kunming dogs were flown over to beautiful Florida to start wonderful new lives in January 2020. He has adapted well […]
Stella stole the heart of Shaun from ‘One Paw At A Time’ dog rescue group while he was visiting our shelter in October 2018.. Stella was shy a young Shepherd mix that rejoiced in the presence of humans but was getting bullied by some of the other older dogs. Shaun decided to rehome her in […]
Poppy was rescued on June 20th by Plush, Callum, and Zaher from Baicheng slaughterhouse after being spotted in a holding pen. Poppy from the onset seemed quite unaffected by her ordeal. It was clear she had much love for humans and wasn’t going to let her past trauma hold her back. After seeing the rescue […]
Orelia was found at the animal market on the outskirts of Baicheng city being sold for meat on June 9th, 2019. Looking terrified and confused the beautiful, young dog was rescued by Plush and Callum. Orelia was very timid and clearly scarred from her past. She was taken to Beijing by the Malinois Rescue League […]
Aleck was also rescued from the Sonyuan slaughterhouse on 18th June 2019 in Jilin after extremely rough handling by dog meat traders. Aleck was especially wary of men and it was clear he had suffered so much abuse. He was also taken under the care of the malinois rescue group who paid for him to […]
Atlas is a large, majestic male malinois that was found in a holding pen at the gruesome sonyuan slaughterhouse in Jilin. Despite suffering cruel abuse and disregard at the hands of humans, prior to being rescued, fortunately for Atlas it didn’t dent his spirit or love and trust in humanity. It was clear once he […]
Maggie the German Shepherd who had lost all hope. Maggie was also found in a local dog butcher, her huge eyes, full of sadness as she was forced to watch other dogs being killed in front of her. Soon it would be her turn…. until Plush, Callum, and Zaher rescued her from certain and most […]
Teddy was found at the local meat market by one of Plush’s friends in May 2019. He was completely matted and couldn’t stop shaking. Back at the shelter, he began to recover from his neglectful past while simultaneously stealing the hearts of Stacey (who adopted Izzy the Irish setter) and her family who decided they […]
Stella, a young, playful, golden retriever was rescued from a dog butcher in Baicheng. The other 2 dogs she was rescued with both had canine distemper but Stella managed to avoid getting it and was chosen by Cares, Cedartown Rescue in Atlanta, who paid for her vet and export costs before flying to China to […]
Denbe was rescued by Callum and Plush from Baicheng slaughterhouse on August 20th, 2019. Denbe was ill with pneumonia post-rescue and fought the infection for over a month before being well enough to be prepared for USA export. From the moment he arrived at his new home it was like he had always been there […]
Chip was rescued from a dog breeder that was selling off their dogs to a dog butcher, along with his mum a german shepherd mix Mrs potts, rescued by Plush in late 2018. The precious little pup was just a few days old but sadly no other puppies were anywhere to be found. He was […]
Gorgeous George who was previously known as ‘Bogey’ another captivating and unbelievably cute little Corgi saved from broad daylight butchery. George the corgi, so regal and innocent was found in a rusty cage at the dog butcher in Baicheng. He was due to be killed that day but plush intervened and liberated him from that […]
This lucky 4-year-old german shepherd boy was rescued by plush and Callum from the local meat market after very rough handling by dog meat traders. Mar was so afraid that he cried in desperation and distress as he was pulled off the dog meat truck by them to be weighed. Mar was taken under the […]
Ava was rescued from a dog butcher in early 2019. She had been used as a puppy breeding machine then dumped when she was no longer profitable. All she had known prior to her rescue was a life of misery. She’s is older than most of the dogs we find but soon it was apparent […]
Beautiful Cooper was rescued from Baicheng slaughterhouse by Plush. We don’t see many St Bernards in the meat trade and soon Rushton Dog Rescue group in the UK stepped for Copper and funded all of his vetting, export, and transportation costs from China to the UK before finding him a loving home after a brief […]
Mr. Winston, the cutest floppy-eared corgi boy was rescued from brutal dog meat traders at a local market by Plush during January 2019. Mr. Winston was always a happy dog, even after being subjected to such cruelty prior to being rescued. He adjusted well to life at the shelter but his lucky day really came […]
Max is a striking malinois and was very strong, healthy and a good weight when Plush rescued him. Even though physically he didn’t show any signs of neglect or abuse , he was extremely nervous and very fearful of humans. His mental scars were prominent. When i first met max at the he reminded me […]
Kala was rescued from a slaughterhouse by Plush in 2018.She was extremely underweight and had a big scar across her nose.Kala was blessed to be adopted by Aloha from Malinois Rescue League in the USA. I recall asking the vet with trepidation if the scar would heal and the vet was uncertain. Luckily within weeks […]
Little Zach, was just 8 months old when he was rescued by Callum, Plush, and Zaher from a dog meat truck sent by the local slaughterhouse to collect dogs from the weekly market. Sold by his owner and thrown onto the truck like garbage by savage dog meat traders, Zach was terrified. Everyone fell in […]
Baxter was recused by Plush and Callum at the local dog meat market after very rough handling by dog meat traders. Luckily for Baxter he was then taken under the loving wing of Rushton Dog Rescue group in the UK. Rushton paid for all his vetting, quaratine, export and transportortation costs. Finally after months of […]
Junzi was also rescued from Baicheng slaughterhouse in September 2018 by Plush and Callum. Junzi is such a sweet boy but after his ordeal had no trust in humans. His jaw was also badly injured after extremely rough handling from dog meat traders which was treated at ICVS clinic in Beijing. Luckily for Junzi, he […]
Lucky was rescued from Baicheng dog Slaughterhouse in early September 2018 after being dumped there by a dog breeder. She had severe skin disease and had to be completely shaven to treat it effectively. Jason, a long term supporter, and friend of the shelter paid for all of her vetting, export and transportation costs to […]
Juno was rescued from a Chinese dog butcher on 19th November 2017 by Plush Bear. Juno was one of the most aggressive dogs we have ever rescued with zero trust in humans. Due to his hostility, he had to be kept separate from other dogs at the shelter too. At times we wondered if he […]
Izzy was first spotted on a dog meat truck that was collecting dogs at the local market for the slaughterhouse at the end of October 2018. Izzy remains to be the only Irish setter dog that we have ever found in the Chinese dog meat trade. The truck left the market and headed to the […]
Sasha was rescued in April 2018 by Callum and Plush, also from a Chinese dog butcher. She had previously given birth to puppies and had much sadness in her eyes. It took Sasha longer to learn to trust again but her faith in humans was fully restored eventually. Sasha was also taken under Biianka, Donna, […]
Simba was recused at the end of June 2018 from a dog butcher’s yard in Baicheng, China. Biianka took Simba under her wing and partnered up with Donna Staley and Moi in the USA to bring him over there to start a brand new life. On January 16th, 2019 Simba landed in Chicago, USA and […]
