article_snippet: The original footage, released by PETA in December, shows workers standing by a door at a slaughterhouse in the northern province of Hebei.
article_snippet: The organisation said The organisation visited three slaughterhouses and six processing plants in central China during a year-long investigation into the slaughter of dogs and the production of dog skin.
article_snippet: Dog hides drying in a room in a factory in China. 
article_snippet: PETA and other rights groups say dogs are slaughtered throughout China, with regulations on animal slaughter poorly enforced .
article_snippet: A dog slaughterer told PETA Asia's investigator that the facility bludgeoned and skinned 100 to 200 dogs a day.
article_snippet: About 300 dogs are kept in the compound, and some can be seen frantically climbing over one another in an attempt to escape the packed holding cell.
article_snippet: Officials of the quasi-governmental China Leather Industry Association declined to be interviewed, saying Officials of the quasi-governmental China Leather Industry Association had no knowledge of dogs being used in leather production.
article_snippet: The Ministry of Agriculture did not respond to repeated requests for interview on conditions in the slaughtering industry, which The Ministry of Agriculture oversees.
article_snippet: PETA and other rights groups say dogs are slaughtered throughout China, with regulations on animal slaughter poorly enforced.
article_snippet: China has faced criticism for China treatment of animals, including bears, whose bile is used in traditional medicines.