10,000 dogs killed in China's Lychee and Dog Meat Festival: Sign petition
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The annual Yulin festival takes place in Guangxi, China.
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There is utter outrage over the fact that approximately 10,000 dogs
will be killed for their meat in China. In Yulin, which is in the
providence of Guangxi in China, the two-day Lychee and Dog Meat Festival
is being held. The event marks the summer solstice, according to the BBC on Monday.
Animal rights activists, near and far, are expressing total objection to the annual dog meat festival in the Southwest portion of China. But the outrage is not curbing the activity from taking place. According to locals – residents as well as vendors – the dogs are killed in a humane way, yet the animal rights activists disagree. The activists insist the killing of the dogs is cruel.
There is a web site, Raise UR Paw, designed for persons to express their negative opinion about the event. The site hopes to ban the Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival. The site claims that countless canine lives will be sacrificed in order to fulfill an inhumane tradition that has been permitted to occur for many years – and, it asserts, it is now time this horror is finally put to an end.
The petition to ban the dog meat-eating event has more than 3.8 million signatures to date. Chinese celebrities as well as foreign celebrities have joined in the effort to stop the event. On Twitter, the hashtag #StopYuLin2015 has become popular for persons protesting the actions.
Though the tradition has just begun in recent years, the notion of eating dog meat has history. The tradition dates back some five-hundred years in China, South Korea, as well as other countries. The tradition claims that eating dog meat protects people from the summer month’s heat. Political officials in the area of Yulin stay clear of the event. The city has never officially organized the event due to its widespread lack of popularity – domestically as well as in foreign lands.
Basically, the officials do not want to be associated with something so tremendously divisive among people. Naturally, much of the discontent is among Americans who see dogs as pets and “man’s best friend” for companionship. According to Time, some dog-lovers have bought many of the dogs to keep them from being slaughtered.
Animal rights activists, near and far, are expressing total objection to the annual dog meat festival in the Southwest portion of China. But the outrage is not curbing the activity from taking place. According to locals – residents as well as vendors – the dogs are killed in a humane way, yet the animal rights activists disagree. The activists insist the killing of the dogs is cruel.
There is a web site, Raise UR Paw, designed for persons to express their negative opinion about the event. The site hopes to ban the Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival. The site claims that countless canine lives will be sacrificed in order to fulfill an inhumane tradition that has been permitted to occur for many years – and, it asserts, it is now time this horror is finally put to an end.
The petition to ban the dog meat-eating event has more than 3.8 million signatures to date. Chinese celebrities as well as foreign celebrities have joined in the effort to stop the event. On Twitter, the hashtag #StopYuLin2015 has become popular for persons protesting the actions.
Though the tradition has just begun in recent years, the notion of eating dog meat has history. The tradition dates back some five-hundred years in China, South Korea, as well as other countries. The tradition claims that eating dog meat protects people from the summer month’s heat. Political officials in the area of Yulin stay clear of the event. The city has never officially organized the event due to its widespread lack of popularity – domestically as well as in foreign lands.
Basically, the officials do not want to be associated with something so tremendously divisive among people. Naturally, much of the discontent is among Americans who see dogs as pets and “man’s best friend” for companionship. According to Time, some dog-lovers have bought many of the dogs to keep them from being slaughtered.