When Maomao’s owner confronted the restaurant’s owner, the latter became irritated because he was accused of abuse. He puffed himself and arrogantly claimed that he only bought live dogs, ‘because this is how the guarantees the freshness of the meat’. It didn’t seem to matter that Maomao was someone’s pet. Maomao had a wonderful life, had a loving family that cared for her! She did not deserve any of this.