Thanks to the relentless work and activism of Animals Hope Shelter Indonesia, an animal shelter organisation fighting for animal welfare in the country, over 200 dogs were able to be rescued from becoming dog meat for human consumption by the local authorities.
As shared by Animal Hope Shelter Indonesia on its official TikTok page, an operation by the Indonesian police aided by the organisation was able to intercept a truck carrying 226 dogs en route to the slaughterhouse.
As reported by SCMP, the truck was seized by the police on Saturday (6 January) in Semarang City on the way to Surakarta, with the dogs being inhumanely shackled to the bed of the truck with their legs and mouths bound.
In a 1-minute-5-second video, the bed of the seized truck was opened to reveal the horrendous conditions that the 226 dogs were put into while Animals Hope Shelter Indonesia’s Christian Yosua Pale gave a passionate speech.
Christian, a vocal animal activist in Indonesia, played an integral part in alerting the authorities of the horrible animal smuggling activity.
You can watch the video below:
@ahs_4_indonesia Rescue #onthisday #dog #dogsoftiktok #animalshelter #love #animalshopeshelter #animalshopeshelterindonesia #fyp ⏠original sound – Animals Hope Shelter
In another TikTok post, Animals Hope Shelter Indonesia shared a video of the incident that preceded the truck being seized, with things getting heated between the truck crew members and Christian.
You can watch the video below but viewers’ discretion is advised:
@ahs_4_indonesia Perlawanan #onthisday #dog #dogsoftiktok #animalshelter #love #animalshopeshelter #animalshopeshelterindonesia #fyp #animalshope ⏠original sound – Animals Hope Shelter
In the aftermath of the incident, 5 truck crew members were arrested and will be charged under Indonesia’s animal welfare regulation which could land them up to 5 years in jail.
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