Sentences with phrase «dog meat festival»

It's easy to get riled up about the Yulin dog meat festival, but keep in mind that this one event, horrible as it is, is only a small extension of a massive, 365 - day industry that also thrives across other Asian countries including South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

Thirty - five Chinese Animal Charities have put their name to an open letter requesting animal rescuers no longer buy dogs at the Yulin dog meat festival.

Despite officials» denying that the Yulin dog meat festival will happen, mass dog slaughter will occur on that date, and Humane Society International filmed festival slaughter preparations underway in Yulin late last month.

LONDON — Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais is urging people to get behind Humane Society International's campaign to shut down China's cruel dog and cat meat trade, including the infamous Yulin dog meat festival that takes place this week, on June 22.

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Since the June 22 Yulin dog meat festival, members of China Animal Protection Power have rescued more than 1,000 dogs bound for slaughter in a series of dog truck interceptions on China's highways involving days of tense negotiation with dog traders and police.

He just recently shared a powerful message about the importance of bees on Twitter, as well as a passionate statement about the cruel Yulin dog meat festival.

As a global spotlight falls on the mass slaughter of dogs and cats at the Yulin dog meat festival, Li says this is a timely reminder that for millions of these animals across China, every day is like Yulin and the focus needs to be on shutting down this cruel trade across the country.

On the eve of China's annual Yulin dog meat festival, Chinese activists have rescued up to 1,000 dogs and cats in Guangzhou from a truck headed to slaughterhouses in southern Guangdong.

Five facts about the Yulin dog meat festival: 1.

The largest ever petition to end China's annual Yulin dog meat festival - which has amassed more than 11 million signatures - has been handed in to the Chinese Embassy in London by celebrities, MPs and animal campaigners from Humane Society International, RaiseUrPaw, Duo Duo Project, and petition sites Care2 and Avaaz.

Chinese and international animal campaigners gathered outside the Yulin government office in Beijing to present the largest ever petition to end China's annual Yulin dog meat festival.

Chinese activists, led by HSI, rescued dozens of terrified animals from a slaughterhouse in Yulin, China, just days ahead of the June 21st annual dog meat festival.

With just 11 weeks to go until China's Yulin dog meat festival, animal groups from across China gathered in Beijing to stand in solidarity with Humane Society International's global #StopYulin campaign to end the annual event, where an estimated 10,000 dogs and countless cats are brutally slaughtered for human consumption.

The Yulin dog meat festival begins in earnest on June 21, with thousands of dogs and cats set to be slaughtered and eaten.

The largest ever petition to end China's annual Yulin dog meat festival - which has amassed more than 11 million signatures - was handed in to the Chinese Embassy in London by celebrities, MPs and animal campaigners from Humane Society International, RaiseUrPaw, Duo Duo Project, and petition sites Care2 and Avaaz.

Chinese animal campaigners who vehemently oppose the Yulin dog meat festival, and who initiate protests and dog rescues all year round, have warmly welcomed the 11 million - signature petition.

As part of its high profile campaign to end the dog meat trade, HSI rescued four dogs and two cats just one day away from being killed during China's notorious Yulin dog meat festival.

Just one day prior to China's Yulin dog meat festival, HSI rescued 20 sick and injured dogs from a slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Yulin.

Last year, a dog meat festival in Jinhua City, Zhejing province ended after opposition from Chinese animal groups.

Just weeks ahead of China's annual dog meat festival in Yulin, Duo Duo Animal Welfare Project and HSl have received reports that the Yulin government is set to prohibit restaurants, street vendors and market traders from selling dog meat at the event.

After being rescued from certain death by HSI at a dog meat festival in Yulin, China, 26 of the 32 dogs transported to Quebec have already been adopted thanks to the Montreal SPCA, who sheltered and cared for them upon their arrival.

110 dogs arrived safely in Toronto after being rescued from slaughter by Humane Society International and partners at the Yulin dog meat festival in China.

Humane Society International helped local groups set up the command center after this year's Yulin dog meat festival, as part of the charity's major strategic push to end China's brutal dog meat trade.

The world expressed outrage when the annual Yulin dog meat festival received huge publicity, and there were hopeful signs of progress in the campaign against it and the dog meat trade.

HSI launched the Command Center after this year's Yulin dog meat festival, as part of the charity's major strategic push to end China's brutal dog meat trade.

President and CEO of The HSUS Wayne Pacelle commented on the Yulin dog meat festival and what HSI is doing to stop it and the dog meat trade in China and across Asia.

First rescue coordinated by the China command center task force set up in partnership with Humane Society International after Yulin dog meat festival horrors

Despite our disappointment at the u-turn on the ban, it was a highly significant milestone in efforts to see an end to the Yulin dog meat festival as it demonstrated the authorities» acknowledgement that action is needed.

With China's infamous Yulin dog meat festival just finished, and South Korea's month - long «Bok Nal» days of dog meat eating beginning this weekend, HSI / India reveals that India too has a hidden and cruel trade of dogs for human consumption, despite the practice being illegal.

After being rescued from certain death by Humane Society International at a dog meat festival in Yulin, China, 26 of the 32 dogs transported to Quebec have already been adopted thanks to the Montreal SPCA, who sheltered and cared for them upon their arrival.

Montreal SPCA and Humane Society International / Canada grateful for public support for 32 pups rescued from dog meat festival

Last year, and again this year, Congressman Hastings introduced a Congressional Resolution condemning China's Yulin dog meat festival.

Little Ricky, a dog rescued from the Yulin dog meat festival in 2015, plays in U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings» office in Washington, DC.

The Yulin dog meat festival, initiated in 2010 to boost dog meat sales, results in thousands of dogs and cats slaughtered and eaten annually.

No matter how well - meaning, buying dogs — especially the large - scale purchasing of dogs from slaughterhouses during China's notorious Yulin dog meat festival — is ultimately counterproductive, risking the unintended consequence of artificially boosting the dog meat trade.

More than 10 million dogs are killed every year across China for their meat, with thousands set to die for the annual dog meat festival in Yulin on June 21st.

Actor Peter Egan welcomes to the UK a dog rescued from the Yulin dog meat festival in China.

Rep. Alcee Hastings, D - Fla., introduced a congressional resolution last year condemning the Yulin dog meat festival and urging China to end its dog meat trade.

Chinese animal campaigners who vehemently oppose the Yulin dog meat festival, and who initiate protests and dog rescues all year round, warmly welcomed the 11 million - signature petition.

But stopping the Yulin dog meat festival and ending all that suffering is easy.

Just weeks ahead of China's annual dog meat festival in Yulin, at which thousands of dogs and cats are brutally bludgeoned to death and sold for their meat, animal campaigners Duo Duo Project and Humane Society International have received reports from Chinese activist and confirmed by three traders at Yulin's biggest dog meat market Dongkou, that the Yulin government is set to prohibit restaurants, street vendors and market traders from selling dog meat at the event.

Four dogs and two cats have arrived safely in the U.K. after being rescued by animal charity Humane Society International from China's notorious Yulin dog meat festival.

The Yulin dog meat festival takes place every year on June 21, with thousands of dogs and cats — many of them stolen pets driven many miles across China by unscrupulous traders — beaten and killed for eating.

We see activists stopping trucks that are trafficking caged dogs on the highway saving thousands of dogs, dog farms with horrific living conditions, a research center using dogs to develop over 30 products including cosmetics, and a female activist single - handedly raising over 3200 dogs that she saved from a dog meat festival to only name a few.

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The result drew mixed festival reviews, but roll with its anarchic satirical punch and you've got rare meat: a Brit - film of singular vision, blackened wit and dog - toasting audacity, cooked with such brio that its flaws seem like acceptable casualties.

Yulin dog traders have attempted to promote the festival as a cultural and historical event, when in truth it was launched as recently as 2010 with very little dog meat eating in the city prior to that.

Contrary to popular belief, the Yulin festival is not a traditional event but one invented in 2010 by dog meat traders to boost flagging sales.

Once destined to be sold to a dog meat trade market in time for the Bok Nal days festival, the dog farm owner asked the Humane Society International to save the dogs and help him to close his farm in rural Yesan.

While many believe that the Yulin festival is responsible for most of the dog meat industry in China, millions of dogs are slaughtered in China for their meat and skins every year, particularly in the southern and northeastern provinces.