India, Feb. 15 -- A massive outage erupted in China's social media world after highway workers cooked and ate a pet dog in Shenzhen region after it escaped a boarding centre.

During the Lunar New Year, a woman boarded her dog, Yi Yi, at the Little Tail Pet Boarding Centre in Shenzhen, southern China, while holidaying in the Maldives, reported South China Morning Post.

The hunting dog escaped the centre and went missing after it was a startled by fireworks.

The boarding centre, with consent from the owner, allowed Yi Yi to play outdoor in the fenced grassy area for six to eight hours.

That same day, the owner's investigation revealed that Yi Yi had wandered onto a Shenzhen highway, was hit by a car, and left on the roadside, the newspa...