YULIN CHINA DOG MEAT FESTIVAL

Today, I’d like to tell you a bit more facts about this notorious “Yulin Dog Meat Festival”. Then, you can understand more about dog eating culture in China.

Yulin Dog Meat Festival or “The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival” is an annual celebration held in Yulin, Guangxi, China. Every June, this notorious 10 days festival began since 2009. It is estimated that around 10,000–15,000 dogs and cats are slaughtered and killed for their meat during the festival.

Actually, the tradition of eating dog meat in China began over 4,000 years ago. It’s all because Chinese practitioners of folk medicine believe that dog meat would help ward off the heat felt through the summer months.

But, the Yulin Dog Meat Festival just happened about a decade ago. And it’s the group of dog meat traders in Yulin who invented this festival. Because they want to increase the sales of dog meat.

For animal lovers, the worst thing that is unforgivable of this cruel ‘Dog Meat Trade’ is that most of the dogs are stolen pets. In China, dog thieves will travel around the country to snatch dogs and cats from the owners. So, that’s why most of the dogs killed in the slaughterhouses during this festival still wearing collars with tags around their neck.

Now, animal welfare and animal rights supporters believed that this evil Yulin China Dog Meat Festival is just the tip of the iceberg only. Since, actually, Chinese people killed and eaten dogs all year round. It’s estimated that there are 10 million dogs and around 4 million cats which are slaughtered for their meat each year in China. Hence, the number of dogs killed in Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China is just 0.01% of the total amount only.

How To Stop Yulin China Dog Meat Festival

If we would like to see the end of Yulin Dog Meat Festival, we have to end Dog Meat Trade in China first. Nowadays, there are some good news for us too. Because, at the moment, the number of dogs killed at Yulin China Dog Meat Festival has constantly dropped. It’s because the local and international pressure from animal welfare and animal rights supporters that we have partnered with. This is the huge progress that we’ve achieved.

So, if you would like to help end this Yulin China Dog Meat Festival and Asia’s Stray Dog Problem, you can purchase anything on our online store. Because, each purchase has 10% of profits going directly towards various charities and organizations fighting to end Yulin China Dog Meat Festival and the cruel dog meat trade in Asia.

We need your help to gather small bits into big mass. Together we can make a big difference for our four-legged friends in need. Thank you for your support and for being a part of these mercy activities.

Regards,

Kit