Warning: some Graphic photos are shown.....
Above ^Dogs crammed together, crushed and awaiting a slow torturous death.
If you’re an animal
lover, you love animals, right? You love your dog. You love your cat. I love my
dogs and cats, birds, horses, deer, whatever. Large and small, I love them all.
Sadly, this emotion doesn’t extend to all corners of this earth. In China, isn't illegal to consume dog and
cat meat because there are no animal protection laws there. Worse, it also isn't illegal to torture the animal first, then to consume them. Every year
there exists the Yulin Meat Festival and it isn’t a festival. This year just weeks away on June
21st, the Yulin Meat Festival will begin again. “An annual dog meat
festival in south-west China has begun, amid uproar on the part of animal
rights activists. About 15,000 dogs and cats will be slaughtered for their meat
consumed at the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin in Guangxi province to
mark the summer solstice, state media said.”
Of course, the number can be a lot higher because the vendors don’t
advertise the numbers.
Above Dog Chosen for Torture. Nice, huh?
It is a ten day slaughter of companion animals that
doesn’t end until June 30th. Right now as you read this, dogs and
cats are snatched from the streets of China and shoved into crammed cages where
they will crush each other, fearful for their lives and with great reason.
Worse, people’s pets in china are stolen from their back yards or even off the
pet owners. This is the Yulin Meat Festival. On June 21st, vendors
and customers will fill the stalls at this festival. Vendors line up with cages
of dogs and cats crammed together by their feet awaiting a slow, torturous
death. The vendors wait for buyers to come by and pick an animal to buy and
eat. Once a customer purchases an animal, the vendor will skin, boil, or fry that
dog or cat alive. They’re under the misconception that not only will frightened, tortured
animals make the meat tastier, but the torture will help them beat the summer heat.
Note: Above dog is skinned alive for consumption.
Sadly, this practice of skinning and cooking animals alive is not limited to the Yulin Meat Festival. Chinese people often do the same every day without giving the practice a second thought. Fact. This is not
make-believe or the plot to a book or film. This is real life in many Asian
countries. Not just China. Companion animals suffer this same fate in Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines,
and South Korea. Taiwan is the first Asian country to outright ban dog and cat
meat consumption. Only time will tell if they actually will stop the practice
since China has not. “The tradition of eating dog meat dates back four or five
hundred years in China, South Korea and other countries, as it is believed to
ward off the heat of the summer months, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Above dogs crammed together for long way to market. No food. No water. No compassion.
However,
this festival began in recent years, Xinhua said. City officials have distanced
themselves from the gathering. "Some residents of Yulin have the habit of
coming together to eat lychees and dog meat during the summer solstice,"
the city's news office wrote on Weibo. "The 'summer solstice lychee and
dog meat festival' is a commercial term, the city has never [officially]
organised a 'dog meat festival'," it added. As in recent years, some
animal lovers resorted to buying some of the dogs in order to rescue them.” BBC
America. “China is estimated to account for 10 of the 30 million dogs
slaughtered worldwide each year, though only a minority of residents -- about
20 percent -- eat dog meat, according to the Humane Society International. "This
isn't a cultural issue as much as many people believe it is," Valarie
Ianniello of the Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation told the L.A. County board.
People protest this practice. We must do more. NOW!
Each year
vendors, steal and kill more animals than they can consume. This is humanity at
its worst. Sadly, this is not just in Asia. How many of you know that in the
USA, it is legal to eat dogs and cats. Yes. It is, not that Americans
participate in this practice. Openly anyway. There is a bright light at the end
of the tunnel. Many Asians no longer participate in the consumption of dog and
cat meat and want no part of it. “Many Chinese people have been vocal in their
opposition to dog meat festivals and social media campaigns condemning the
practice have proliferated, apparently unchecked by Chinese government censors.”
Patch.com.
In 2015, the city of Yulin said it was not a sponsor of the festival
and that year, 20 percent fewer dogs were killed, according to the organization
Stop Yulin Forever. Animal charities are
fighting to end this practice. One day, through stiff upper lip and
determination, we can end this horrific practice of cooking live animals until
their deaths. Until that day comes, we must do everything we can to end it.
Sign petitions: you can find direct links to some below. Contact the governments and their leaders. Donate to animals
causes like Humane Society and Fight Dog Meat. Save those animals that survived
the horrors. Donate to causes that save these animals.
WARNING GRAPHIC Video here: Please do not turn away. In order to save these animals, you must look to see that this is real. This is happening. Every year it does.
WARNING GRAPHIC Video here: Please do not turn away. In order to save these animals, you must look to see that this is real. This is happening. Every year it does.
Screaming in agony, this poor dog tries to escape to no avail.
Click to view video:
China: Live Dog Slowly Boiled Alive: https://fightdogmeat.com/2017/04/14/china-live-dog-slowly-boiled-alive/
Sign a petition to Stop the Yulin Meat Festival in China:
For more information:
China Yulin dog meat festival under way despite outrage
Lychee and Dog Meat Festival
Stop the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China: Animal welfare
campaigners restart petition amid distrust over government 'ban'
Successful Businessman Risks His Life to Save Thousands of
Dogs from Asia’s Dog Meat Trade
To Send a care package to the survivors of the China Yulin Meat Festival, click here: https://give.greatergood.org/campaign/urgent-care-packages-for-rescued-yulin-food-dogs/c115311
Despite Innumerable Petitions, China Is Going To Host the
Barbaric Yulin Dog Meat Festival In June
L.A. Co. Condemns Yulin Dog Meat Festival, Slaughter of
Dogs, Cats in China, South Korea
Thousands of dogs are tortured, beaten, eaten at 10-day fest
in belief animals' suffering enhances the meat, activists say. (Breaking)
5 Things To Know About China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival
6 Things You Need to Know About China's Dog-Eating Yulin
Festival
This Dog And 33 Of His Friends Were Just Saved From Being
Eaten
The Yulin Dog Meat Festival Is Going Forward , But Major Progress Is Being Made:
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Dog Festival Victims Awaiting Their Fate.
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