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Exclusive | Meet the NYers saving hundreds of adorable dogs from ending up on the menu

New York Post·Nicole Rosenthal·about 1 month ago
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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. 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. “These were going to be somebody’s meal,” 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. Bonnie Klapper (left) and Brandy Cherven of Run 2 The Rescue coordinate the saving and transport of dogs destined for the Chinese meat trade. Nicole Rosenthal/NY Post Toy poodle Junebug was among a dozen toy poodles rescued from a shuttered breeding mill.…

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