Plane of adopted puppies rescued from death in China’s meat trade arrive in New York to meet their new owners

DOZENS of dogs rescued from China’s meat trade arrived by plane in New York and found loving new adoptive owners. An Air China plane that departed from Beijing and landed at JFK Airport in New York City on Friday with 34 rescue canines got a warm reception from Americans ready to take them home.  Video […]

DOZENS of dogs rescued from China’s meat trade arrived by plane in New York and found loving new adoptive owners.

An Air China plane that departed from Beijing and landed at JFK Airport in New York City on Friday with 34 rescue canines got a warm reception from Americans ready to take them home. 

Video footage shows the dogs getting treats and water and bonding with the Americans claiming them. 

“Thirty-four survivors have landed from the brutality of China’s illegal dog trafficking!” said Jeff Bari, who leads No Dogs Left Behind, as the dogs taken out of the plane in crates. 

No Dogs Left Behind runs a shelter in China’s capital and uses drones and other methods to track meat sellers and rescue the dogs.

The new owners of the corgis, dachshunds, Pomeranians, poodles, retrievers and mutts rejoiced at their new furry friends, many of them already named.

“It is a great feeling, holding him, knowing what could have happened if he wasn’t rescued,” Laura O’Keefe told the New York Post about her new mutt, Chevy.

“I’m going to love her with all my heart,” 11-year-old Auxence Goullier told the newspaper about her new poodle, Cherry. 

Another plane with 45 dogs was scheduled to arrive on Saturday. 

Air China separated the dogs into two flights to make sure that the cargo area had enough oxygen for them. 

Bari said that his organization engages in “the good fight” and that “global animal welfare laws are in order, and until that happens, we will continue to fight, we will sanction and we will boycott until change happens.”

Meat sellers in China kill dogs in slaughterhouses and sell the meat in wet markets. 

No Dogs Left Behind has targeted illegal traffickers and breeders in China and threatened to report them to authorities who can impose heavy fines if they do not give up the dogs. 

Friday’s flight was missing seven dogs that died before No Dogs Left Behind could take them into custody, and the organization is investigating the matter. 

The organization has rescued thousands of dogs since 2017 and is working to save up to 135 dogs from China by early next year. 

Americans have been waiting to adopt the dogs since January, according to No Dogs Left Behind volunteer Maura Platz.

“It’s an amazing Christmas gift—the best,” Carly Weinstein, 20, told the Post on Friday, after waiting nearly six months to meet her miniature poodle, Lola.