A dog photographed being abused at a Buddhist temple in China has been adopted

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A puppy abused by a man at a Buddhist retreat in China has been taken after a video of the incident sparked outrage on national television earlier this month.

• What happened: Torture happened on Dailuo Peak at Mount Wutai in Shanxi Province. In moviethe puppy can be seen imitating visitors by climbing the sides of the 1,080 steps and bowing to pray at each step. So, a man he believed being the owner of the dog appears and starts pushing and shoving a dog while trying to get home, causing the pooch to fall down the stairs. Douyin users criticized the person in the video, writing, “You may not like them, but please don’t hurt them!” Someone said, “Without a kind heart, what good is prayer?”

• Saving: The owner of the hospital ChinaA Tianjin resident named Cui, who saw the video, said he traveled 400 kilometers (248 miles) overnight to reach the site on Nov. 12 to rescue the puppy after paying the owner 300 yuan ($42). Another woman, a Douyin user named Yueyue, contacted Cui soon after, telling him she wanted to adopt the puppy. The latter traveled from Shenyang, Liaoning province, to Tianjin to pick up the puppy, whom he named “Luoyi” – “luo” being the name of the temple and “yi” meaning “convert to Buddhism” – on Nov. 15.

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