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The Dog Meat Festival (Chinese: 狗肉节), also known as the Yulin Dog Meat Festival or Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, is an annual festival held in Yulin, Guangxi, China, during the summer solstice from 21 June to 30 June in which festival observers consume dog meat accompanied by lychees or other plants.
Wang Yan (Chinese: 王岩; pinyin: Wáng Yán; born 1986) is a Chinese self-professed 'animal welfare activist' in Helong city, northeast China. He was formerly a proprietor of iron and steel factory, and was a millionaire. He claims that the loss of his dog in 2012 compelled him to devote his resources for saving dogs.
China is estimated to be home to 168 million pet dogs. [82] Chinese activists prevented introduction of a bullfighting project in 2010 and rodeos in 2011. [1] Activists have pre-empted a foie gras factory, ended live feeding in zoos, and rescued thousands of dogs and cats from being killed for meat. [2]
An annual dog meat festival in China has attracted the attention of animal lovers worldwide, and many are now working to put an end to the event. Thousands of dogs to be slaughtered in Chinese ...
Humane Society International's Kelly O'Meara shares how anyone can help humanely end the dog meat trade. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The Dabengou translated as "Big Dumb Dog" is the most used dog in dog meat farms in China. They are mutts produced by breeding St. Bernard dogs from Russia or Kazakhstan with local Chinese dogs. This produces a "beef" like texture of fat and lean, allowing the dog meat to be made into more tender dishes like burgers, sausages or steaks.
Though dog meat remains a delicacy in many regions, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a notice that dogs would no longer be considered as livestock. China reclassifies dogs as pets, not ...
Dog meat for sale in a market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dog meat consumption can be found in Vietnam, similar to other Asian countries such as Laos, and China. [citation needed] According to the Four Paws February 2020 report on the dog and cat meat trade in Southeast Asian countries, roughly 5 million dogs are killed for their meat each year in ...