REPORT: China Prepares for Gruesome Dog Meat Festival

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From Breitbart: The results of a survey published by two animal rights organizations this week found that eating dogs is highly unpopular in the city of Yulin, China – home to a gory spectacle in which dog traders mark the summer solstice by butchering thousands of dogs in the streets and eating their meat with lychees.

Dog butchers argue that the Yulin Dog Meat and Lychee Festival, expected to begin on June 20 this year, is part of a longstanding regional tradition and have in the past argued that eating dog meat was a natural way to fight the summer heat. In reality, experts from the from Humane World for Animals told Breitbart News this week, the festival was only established in 2010 and does not cater to local tastes, but rather a minority of “dog meat enthusiasts” and contrarians seeking to “provoke, or even disgust, animal lovers.”

“Dog meat consumption in China is largely supply-driven, promoted by traders rather than sustained by cultural or household demand. It is not a staple food in Chinese homes,” Dr. Peter Li, Humane World for Animals’ China policy expert, emphasized in comments to Breitbart News on Wednesday.

Adding to the horror of the festival is the fact that many of the dogs caged and butchered in public are pets stolen from homes. The national Chinese government banned the raising of dogs as livestock in 2020, at a time in which Chinese officials publicly claimed that the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus, a novel pathogen that ultimately triggered a devastating pandemic, was “the wildlife sold illegally in a Wuhan seafood market.” The Chinese Communist Party has since pivoted to blaming American military facilities, without evidence, for the pandemic, and falsely claiming that the. virus originated in Maryland – but rules limiting the breeding of dogs for food remain in effect.

The report questions who the dog meat festival is actually intended for, since the majority of Chinese people say they don’t eat dog or cat meat.  According to a recent poll by Humane World for Animals, 87.5% of Chinese people who took the poll said they “never or rarely” eat dog or cat meat.

An activist group focused on exposing animal cruelty and injustice, mostly in Asia, as shared multiple videos on X.

A crate of kittens were reportedly rescued from an old man who was selling them to be eaten.

However, by the next day, the man was back, selling more kittens he had caught.

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