Indiana woman saves dogs from dog meat festival

INDIANAPOLIS -- Two yellow labs and a golden retriever were on their way to a dog meat festival when an Indiana woman came to their rescue.

Kathy Martin is the president of "Lucky Lab Rescue." She said she is working closely with a South Korean source to save as many dogs as possible from that festival.

"To pull these dogs off of that conveyer belt and away from that plane was just so heartwarming and we were so enlightened last night just to be able to save these three dogs," Martin said.

Daisy, Canon and Nicon were on a luggage conveyor belt headed to Asia when Martin found them. After getting spayed and checkups with the vet, they are now ready for adoption.

"These dogs were supposed to be somebody's dinner and instead they are now here in the United States and they're going to go to great adoptive homes," Martin said. "I'm pretty sure they won't be around very long because they're gorgeous and they're very, very nice dogs."

Martin began saving dogs after seeing pictures of dog meat farms two years ago. She said her mission is to create awareness.