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Chutou, Guo’s Border Collie, became popular on Chinese social media
Travel blogger Guo gained popularity on the Chinese app Douyin, the “Chinese version of TikTok,” when he began documenting his adventures with his dog, Chutou, an eight-year-old Border Collie. The story does not have a happy ending.
The travel blogger Guo became known on the Chinese app Douyin by documenting his adventures with Kickedhis eight-year-old dog, who quickly gained popularity on social media in the country.
The now famous Border Collie would have been stolen, sold and eatenwhile the blogger was on vacation abroad, Guo told his followers last week. According to , Chutou was allegedly stolen on May 11 from Guo’s father’s house.
Guo got it locate a man suspected of having stolen Chutou, and offered him 10,000 yuan, around 1,300 euros, to return it safely. However, he ended up discovering that the dog had already been sold to a restaurant for 180 yuan, around 23 euros, to be slaughtered and eaten.
The alleged thief insisted that had not violated any law, stating that he had confused Kicked with a stray dog. Guo guarantees that the animal was wearing a collar and had a locator.
The blogger however discovered that all traces of your dog had been thrown away. “The dog died, so stop making noise”, they reportedly told Guo.
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Surveillance footage showed the robbery suspects fleeing on an electric bicycle with Chutou hidden under a tarp
When he located the restaurant his dog was sold to, Guo tried to find some Chutou hair to keep as a souveniro, but heard in response that “the fur was thrown in the trash a long time ago.”
Although Guo assured that will proceed with legal actiona lawyer told the Chinese press that cases of theft are only dealt with criminally when the stolen property is valued at more than 2,000 yuan, around 250 euros.
It is not clear, however, that Gio cannot claim that the value of your dog it was very exceeding this limit — more specifically, the 10,000 yuan he was willing to pay to recover the animal.
China currently does not have a uniform national companion animal protection law, and pets are typically treated by law as any other good.
According to, approximately 10 million dogs are killed every year to supply the dog meat trade in China, although many Chinese cities have expressly banned the consumption of dogs and cats, and the tradition of .
