Activedog · Jieyang, Guangdong, ChinaIncident 28 Jun 2026

#JusticeForWangWang

Wang Wang was a stray mother dog fed by her village. On 28 June 2026 she and her three two-week-old puppies were tortured and killed in the street. No one can be charged, because China has no national law against animal cruelty. We're asking for one.

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What happened to Wang Wang

Source: 2026 Jieyang dog abuse case - Wikipedia

Wang Wang (旺旺) was a stray who lived in Pingpu Village, Xinheng Town, in the Jiedong District of Jieyang, Guangdong. Villagers fed her every day. She had recently given birth to three puppies, about two weeks old. Media reports say the same boys had beaten her before. This time she stayed, because they had her puppies.

On 28 June 2026, four boys under the age of 14 attacked the family in a public street. Villagers' accounts and the boys' own video describe the puppies being beaten to death with spiked sticks, and Wang Wang being dragged by a wire around her neck, beaten, doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire. The boys filmed it and laughed throughout. By 29 June the footage had spread across Weibo, Douyin and Xiaohongshu, and then around the world.

On 30 June the Xinheng Town government said the boys had been sent to a specialised school for corrective education. They cannot be charged, because they are under China's age of criminal responsibility and because cruelty to animals is not itself an offence under Chinese law. A Beijing lawyer called the specialised school the most severe measure the current law allows.

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What we're asking for

  1. A national animal-protection law in China that makes cruelty to companion, stray and wild animals a criminal offence.
  2. Psychological assessment and ongoing monitoring of the minors involved, as the International Organization for Animal Protection (OIPA) has requested.
  3. Action against filming and spreading animal-torture content, and freedom for citizens to campaign peacefully for animal protection without censorship or police warnings.

Timeline

  1. 28 Jun 2026Wang Wang and her three puppies are killedFour boys under 14 attack the family in a street in Pingpu Village and film it.
  2. 29 Jun 2026The footage goes viralThe video spreads from local groups to Weibo, Douyin and Xiaohongshu, then to Threads and YouTube.
  3. 30 Jun 2026Official notice: no chargesThe Xinheng Town government sends the boys to a specialised school and asks the public to stop sharing the case.
  4. From 5 Jul 2026Public figures speak out, and posts are removedActor Du Jiang's videos calling for a law are removed three times. Joe Chen's Weibo post is deleted within seconds. Steven Ma and Andrew Yuen add their voices.
  5. 16–17 Jul 2026OIPA writes to Chinese authoritiesAfter more than 100 citizen reports, OIPA formally asks for legal prohibitions on cruelty. In Hong Kong, the SPCA apologises and cancels its Flag Day after a backlash over its request to remove the videos.
  6. Jul–Aug 2026Billboards and protests worldwideSupporters pay for big screens in Mong Kok, Taipei 101, Shibuya, Kuala Lumpur, Toronto and Times Square. Protests follow in Seoul (25 Jul), London (1 Aug), Osaka (8 Aug) and San Francisco's Union Square (22 Aug).
  7. 28 Aug 2026Global Action DayTwo months on, activists hold protests and memorials outside Chinese embassies and consulates around the world.
  8. 24 Sep 2026#GlobalLetterforWangWangActivists worldwide read an open letter to President Xi Jinping asking for a national companion, stray and wildlife animal-protection law.
  9. 1 Oct 2026Italy joins the callProtests in Rome and Milan add to the global demand for strict anti-cruelty laws.
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The world is speaking

BillboardsHong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Toronto and New York. In mainland China, screens in Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Zhengzhou, some refused or taken down.
Street protestsSydney, The Hague, Seoul, Osaka, London, Rome, Milan, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
OrganisationsOIPA, Humane World for Animals, Lady Freethinker, CARE (South Korea), Feline Guardians Japan and Human Rights Watch have all called for change.
Campaign for law, not revenge. Please don't share names, photos or personal details of the children or their families. Doxxing hurts people, and it gives authorities a reason to shut the movement down.

Sources

Summarised from the Wikipedia article 2026 Jieyang dog abuse case (last edited 28 Oct 2026). Its references include The Beijing News and The Paper (30 Jun 2026), Hong Kong Free Press (16 Jul), South China Morning Post (16 Jul), OIPA (17 Jul), BBC News, ABC News Australia (5 Aug), the San Francisco Chronicle (22 Aug) and Human Rights Watch. See also OIPA's intervention and Human Rights Watch (23 Jul 2026).

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