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| Topic | Yulin dog meat festival begins in China |
| brestugo 06/22/19 1:28:42 AM #1: | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-dogmeat-festival/home-of-chinas-dog-meat-festival-defiant-amid-outcry-idUSKBN1JH0VN Residents of Chinas southern city of Yulin defended eating dog meat to celebrate the summer solstice on Thursday, as animal rights activists seek new ways to pressure organizers to cancel the annual festival. The ten-day event, dubbed the lychee and dog meat festival by residents, has become a lightning rod for dog lovers, who every year confront those who buy, sell and eat canines. In recent years, animal rights activists have raided slaughterhouses and intercepted truckloads of dogs in efforts to limit the number of animals killed. Activists say the dog meat trade is inhumane and unhygienic, pointing to videos of dogs caught with wire lassos, transported in tiny cages and slaughtered with metal rods. Festival-goers remain defiant. Yulins so-called lychee and dog meat festival is just a popular custom of ours. Popular customs themselves cannot be right or wrong, Yulin resident Wang Yue told Reuters. Dog meat is a traditional food in some areas of southern China, where it is believed to be good for the body in warm weather. However, animal protection group Humane Society International said in a statement the festival was manufactured by the dog meat traders and that dog meat was not part of mainstream food culture in China. The event is not sanctioned by Yulin authorities, but police told Reuters their efforts to maintain stability had reduced the number of foreign and domestic activists in the city this year. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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