Dog Escapes Being Dinner

DUNCAN - A Duncan based animal rescue group is fostering three dogs from Taiwan -- where they say the animals are being illegally farmed for food.
Among the rescued trio -- a four year old Siberian Husky who is getting used to life in Canada -- now that she's been rescued from a hellish existence and plans for an horrific death.

A walk in the park is still a new concept for 4 year old "Vixen". It's just one of the many things this beautiful Siberian Husky is adapting to since arriving on Vancouver Island just 2 weeks ago.

Physically, she's got a ways to go. Her hips are weak and her back legs are still a little bowed from life in a tiny cage. And she's losing some of her unhealthy weight too.

She was being fattened up - ready to be slaughtered and served up as an illegal delicacy in Taiwan.

According to animal rights groups, despite it being illegal in Taiwan to kill dogs for skin or meat - the laws are rarely enforced and an underground market still exists.

Vixen was rescued from a black market meat factory by a Taiwan based animal rescue group.

Vixen is one of 3 Taiwanese dogs being fostered by Island Dogz rescue based in Duncan.

All 3 are rehabilitated enough for adoption.

With luck, Vixen will find a forever home here - thousands of miles and a lifetime away from the hell she left behind.

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