China’s animal activism

For centuries, dogs, cats and other animals have been raised just for food consumption and for use in traditional medicines

Dog meat is popular and is considered to have medicinal properties

Cat meat is also a delicacy, particularly in the south of Guangzhou and during winter months

Du Yufeng has rescued hundreds of dogs and cats in her home province of Sichuan

She spends more than $60,000 a year caring for the dogs, saving them from extermination or ending up on a restaurant menu