Man eats 'stray' dog… then finds it wasn't stray and he made BIG mistake

A FACTORY worker made the mistake of his life when he killed, cooked and ate a dog he mistakenly thought was a stray.

    DOG'S DINNER: Does looking into this pooch's sad eyes make you hungry? Me neither.

The man – named only as Zhang – found a Pembroke Welsh Corgi wandering around the toilets at his workplace in Xuzhou, China.

Most people might have given the dog an affectionate pat on the head, stroke – or possibly alerted their line manager to the lost animal.

But Zhang beat the poor creature to death with a wooden stick.

Later that night, he and his roommates shaved, skinned, and cooked the dog – before wolfing it down the next day.

They were all pretty happy with their hound dog happy meal – but they should have known there is no such thing as a free lunch.

When they returned to work they found posters appealing for help to find the dog – put up by their boss Mr Wang.

He had given the Corgi pup as a gift to his daughter last year.

    MISSING: Imagine what went through Zhang's head when he saw this

After receiving a tip off from an eye witness, Mr Wang raided Zhang's room and discovered a bloody knife covered with fur.

Zhang said: "I thought it was a stray, I had no clue it was so precious."

He offered compensation for the loss – but enraged Mr Wang wasn't interested.

He fired the dog gobbler and hauled him before cops – who charged Zhang with theft.