BBC News, August 22 --- Residents of south China are often caricatured as enthusiastic eaters of dog meat.
But in Hong Kong, where the slaughter of dogs and cats is illegal, more than 100 distraught animal lovers have converged at the headquarters of the city's Mass Transit Railway Corp to protest against station staff allowing a train to run over a stray dog this week.
"We are very, very angry with them," Tam Tak Chi, a protest leader, told the BBC's China blog.
"I think the MTR Corporation has apologise and to tell the Hong Kong people what they will do to prevent this from happening in the future."
Mr Tam, himself an owner of a Golden Retriever and a King Charles Spaniel, said it was the first time a dog had been killed on Hong Kong's railway tracks.
This city of seven million people is well known for its intense pace of urban living and its tiny, expensive flats.
But there are many dog lovers here. Proud owners walking their well-dressed pet pooches, or pushing them in doggie strollers, are a common sight.
