{"id":4397,"date":"2026-03-24T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:47:26","slug":"seven-stolen-dogs-walk-10-miles-home-after-escaping-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"Seven stolen dogs walk 10 miles home after escaping in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Seven stolen dogs walk 10 miles home after escaping from truck in China\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1100px) 620px, 620px\" src=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=360&amp;q=75 360w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=414&amp;q=75 414w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=768&amp;q=75 768w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75 1536w\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail-11.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The clip has gone viral<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A group of dogs who went missing in China after being stolen have gone viral after they walked 10 miles back home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The clip shows a corgi leading a group of seven dogs along the side of a highway in Changchun, the capital of China\u2019s north-east Jilin province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Among the pack are a golden retriever, labrador, German shepherd and Pekinese, with the corgi who lead the group being identified as Dapang, which means &#8216;big fatty&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A volunteer for a local dog rescue called Tong Tong said that they knocked on doors locally after the dogs went missing, with temperatures dropping to sub-zero leading to concerns for their welfare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cOn the morning of 18 March, I woke up to find it was snowing in Changchun. I was especially worried about the seven dogs, afraid that they hadn\u2019t eaten or drunk anything. So I borrowed a drone and set off to search for them,\u201d she said in a video posted online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It was reported on 19 March that the pack had found their way home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Three of the animals reportedly belong to a woman in a village near Changchun, and that she had been looking for them for four days before one of them wandered back into her home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Then, she discovered her other pets had been taken in by another person in the village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It is unclear why the dogs went missing, but there have been reports that they could have been stolen for dog meat, which is a delicacy in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Other theories for why they went missing are that they may have been stolen to be resold as pets, or they may have wandered off by their own accord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#stolen #dogs #walk #miles #home #escaping #China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clip has gone viral A group of dogs who went missing in China after being stolen have gone viral after they walked 10 miles back home. The clip shows a corgi leading a group of seven dogs along the side of a highway in Changchun, the capital of China\u2019s north-east Jilin province. 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