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Marc Ching became a Hollywood darling for fighting the dog meat trade in Asia. But butchers say he staged killings.
They told us he paid them to burn a dog to death, a method of killing more cruel than any they say they normally employ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-cruelty-abuse-marc-ching-dog-meat
They told us he paid them to burn a dog to death, a method of killing more cruel than any they say they normally employ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-cruelty-abuse-marc-ching-dog-meat
At one point in the blowtorching video, a butcher looks toward the camera and flashes a thumbs up.
In a language local to the area, he asks a question whose English translation is, “This is exactly what you want, right?” https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/r2hq1hhb64k-123
In a language local to the area, he asks a question whose English translation is, “This is exactly what you want, right?” https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/r2hq1hhb64k-123
Ching denied orchestrating that scene or any other and said he never instructed butchers on how to maim or kill dogs.
“If the question is if I pay people to torture dogs — no, I don’t,” he told us. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-cruelty-abuse-marc-ching-dog-meat
“If the question is if I pay people to torture dogs — no, I don’t,” he told us. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-cruelty-abuse-marc-ching-dog-meat
Ching used prison term to explain devotion to caged dogs, saying he was in solitary confinement. Prison had no record of him in solitary
"My experience is my experience & because your definition of confinement differs from mine, that does not make my experience not true" he said
"My experience is my experience & because your definition of confinement differs from mine, that does not make my experience not true" he said
Other raw footage raises questions. In a clip from Cambodia, an interpreter asks Ching how many dogs he wants.
Ching says "timeout" to the cameraman, who points the camera down but does not turn it off.
Here's what Ching says next: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/086jyo1axs0-123
Ching says "timeout" to the cameraman, who points the camera down but does not turn it off.
Here's what Ching says next: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/086jyo1axs0-123
We also found Ching's charity engaged in financial practices experts say are troubling
-- $350K+ in cash withdrawals in 27 months & foundation would not provide receipts
-- $59,000 spent on food & products from Ching's for-profit biz, the Petstaurant https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-rescue-foundation-marc-ching-finances
-- $350K+ in cash withdrawals in 27 months & foundation would not provide receipts
-- $59,000 spent on food & products from Ching's for-profit biz, the Petstaurant https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-24/animal-rescue-foundation-marc-ching-finances
Charity's former executive director said an initiative to microchip 100,000 pet dogs in China to protect them from the meat trade was abandoned, but that Ching continued to promote it on social media
The former director said Ching staged a video in which a foundation employee finds a microchip in a rescue dog in China
She said Ching told her he was going to inject the chip in the dog before recording. Later, in a text, Ching asked her: “does the micro chip part look fake”
She said Ching told her he was going to inject the chip in the dog before recording. Later, in a text, Ching asked her: “does the micro chip part look fake”
