{"id":6933,"date":"2026-04-26T22:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:43:12","slug":"meet-the-nyers-saving-hundreds-of-adorable-dogs-from-ending-up-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6933","title":{"rendered":"Meet the NYers saving hundreds of adorable dogs from ending up on the menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A tiny Long Island-based animal rescue operation is saving hundreds of dogs from landing on the menu in China and finding loving homes for the pups in the US.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bonnie Klapper (left) and Brandy Cherven of Run 2 The Rescue coordinate the saving and transport of dogs destined for the Chinese meat trade.  <span class=\"credit\">Nicole Rosenthal\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Run 2 The Rescue, co-founded by Sag Harbor resident Bonnie Klapper, has saved roughly 600 canines from the international dog meat trade by coordinating with a crew of on-the-ground heroes preventing the pooches from ending up for sale in open-air flea markets and festivals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were going to be somebody\u2019s meal,\u201d Klapper said, holding teary-eyed toy poodle Junebug, who was rescued alongside more than a dozen others after a Chinese breeding mill was shut down earlier this year. Its unsold inventory was slated for the slaughterhouse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Toy poodle Junebug was among a dozen toy poodles rescued from a shuttered breeding mill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cButchers will steal family pets, and people sell dogs to dog butchers \u2026 who sell by the pound,\u201d Klapper added, noting her team has saved pooches ranging from Pomeranians to beagles to schnauzers \u2013 and have placed nearly 300 dogs in homes to date. <\/p>\n<p>Roughly 30 million dogs are killed for human consumption each year, according to Humane World For Animals \u2013 with 10 million dogs killed in China alone.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the number of dog meat trade-specific rescuers in China are slim, said fellow longtime rescuer Brandy Cherven, who co-founded the group in 2024 with Klapper. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Three-year-old Schnauzer Twitch was narrowly saved from being sold to a slaughterhouse, Cherven said. <span class=\"credit\">Nicole Rosenthal\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of rescuers that always accept sick or injured dogs are even fewer, she said, but Run 2 the Rescue \u201cnever says no to any dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see a lot of hard things,\u201d Klapper said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve taken dogs that we know are going to probably pass away soon, and we just bring them to our shelter and we let them humanely know go instead of suffer<em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cherven notes their rescue crews in China periodically stop dog meat trucks and visit butchers, puppy mills and laboratories to negotiate the release of the animals \u2014 oftentimes by threatening to call the police if a site doesn\u2019t have its proper licenses. The rescued animals are then cared for at the nonprofit\u2019s sanctuary before being flown into the US.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI love that we can just give him a second chance,\u201d said Yolanda Lobban, who will be fostering Twitch with her daughter. <span class=\"credit\">Nicole Rosenthal\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 3-year-old named Schnauzer Twitch, who had suffered a fractured skull from \u201cblunt force trauma\u201d and was rescued from being sold to a slaughterhouse, was one of several pups welcomed into the US at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that we can just give him a second chance \u2026 knowing he had suffered before and we could give him the opposite of what he\u2019s gone through,\u201d said Freeport, New York resident Yolanda Lobban, who will be fostering Twitch with her daughter Aryanna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get to be the first part of that journey, where they go next, with love,\u201d Lobban added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The same flight also ushered in toy poodles \u201corthopedic nightmare\u201d Junebug and partially-blind Pearl, who were adopted by Greg and Amy Carrico of Syracuse, New York \u2014 and joining a gaggle of other special-needs poodles they saved from the same fate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Amy Carrico, of Syracuse, New York, has adopted oodles of special-needs toy poodles from the nonprofit. <span class=\"credit\">Nicole Rosenthal\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other notable rescues include a whopping 77 lab-tested beagles who were intercepted en route to a dog butcher. <\/p>\n<p>Among the most memorable case was that of Kronk \u2014 a 39-pound Malamute who was beaten so badly by Chinese butchers he still walks sideways and can\u2019t use his back legs.<\/p>\n<p>The sweet, massive \u201cgoofball\u201d has since doubled in weight \u2014 and now lives with Cherven in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people ask what\u2019s the most wonderful part of rescue, this is it \u2026 seeing dogs that originally we saw in horrific circumstances, first at our sanctuary, healing, and placed in wonderful homes,\u201d Klapper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel as lucky as the dogs do because we have a chance to change lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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