China’s dog-meat festival opens for another year

Khaosod English In spite of the Government’s campaign to boost animal welfare, China’s infamous annual dog-meat festival opened again, but activists hope that its days are numbered. An animal rights activist, Zhang Qianqian, who was in Yulin Saturday, says it was only a matter of time before the dog meat festival had been banned. “From what we understand from our conversations with meat sellers, leaders have said the consumption of dog meat won’t be allowed in future.” “But banning dog-meat consumption is going to be hard and will take some time.” The 10 day festival in the southwestern town Yulin normally draws thousands of tourists, many of whom buy dogs for the pot in tight cages, but the numbers decreased this year.

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