India, Feb. 13 -- A few workers in China who ate a pet dog that was killed in a car accident after escaping from a centre are receiving severe backlash. The four-year-old dog was boarded at a pet centre by its owner when she went vacationing in the Maldives, reported the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The dog escaped from the place after getting scared by fireworks and eventually was killed by a car.

Initially, the owner was unaware that her dog Yi Yi was dead, so she offered an award to find it. The owner offered a reward of $6,800 (approximately Rs.5 lakh), saying that the dog was the "most important member of her family."

The outlet reported that soon after offering the award, the woman found that Yi Yi had been killed after wander...