Daily Mail censured for video of dog boiling in pot

Tim Burrowes

June 6, 2017 11:02

The Daily Mail Australia has been found guilty of breaching Australian Press Council standards over its publication of a video of a dog being boiled alive.

How Daily Mail Australia headlined the article

The article featured a video which had emerged from China featuring a dog being boiled in a pot of water.

According to the APC investigation of the online article and accompanying video: “A small dog apparently being cooked alive in the wok kicks off the lid of the wok and is barking in apparent agony.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.