Dining on dogs has been a part of the Chinese tradition
Dogs awaiting slaughter in Yulin in 2014.(AP)
The gruesome Yulin dog festival is an inhumane tradition that happens each summer in southern china. Each June 21, the Yulin dog meat festival takes place in Guangxi province where meat from thousands of dogs and cats are consumed.
Those of animals, namely dogs and cats arrive to Yulin in appalling conditions often stuffed into cages and dragged on poles and the manner in which they're killed, skinned and eaten is horrific, with many clubbed, burned, electrocuted and some skinned alive, according to local activist reports. It is simply torture.
The people of Yulin have celebrated the Summer Solstice with this festival since the 1990s, and use the dog and cat meat to eat with lychees and drink grain alcohol. They do not consider any of the above conditions an issue, not even the way the animals arrive or are killed, cooked and consumed.
Animal rights groups and acivitists for years have been trying to stop the festivities. Yet, despite huge social media protest inside China, it's scheduled to happened again this June.
According to reports, people are protesting over the theft and murder of their pets in the streets and on Weibo (the Chinese Twitter), and even intercepting illegal dog trucks. There are many online petitions that are rallying against this barbaric festival.
The campaigns are among a number of online petitions receiving growing support among social media users as the date of the summer solstice draws closer. To join the original Duo Duo Project petition, click here.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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