Many veterinary offices and
rescue organizations advocate neutering a new male pup before they've fully matured to further curb the
urge to mark (please note that for some breeds and
dogs, neutering could do more damage than good).
To drive this point home, Animals Asia, an international animal welfare
organization that works to end the
dog meat trade in Vietnam and China, released an open letter in conjunction with 35 China - based
rescues,
urging animal rescuers to abstain from buying
dogs from the event, and citing the practice as counterproductive and damaging to the growing anti-
dog meat movement within the country (Founder Jill Robinson also released a very insightful article several days later that explains her
organization's stance on how to most effectively end the festival and the trade).