Sentences with phrase «of the dog meat festival»

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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In response to the public outcry, Yulin's government has responded by banning public slaughter of the animals, and by removing the words «dog meat» from all banners related to the festival.

Backers of the bill hope that it fills gaps in the animal protection law, and sends a message to Asian countries where dog meat is still consumed, including South Korea and China, where the annual Yulin festival in China sees thousands of dogs and cats are publicly killed and skinned, and their meat marketed for human consumption.

As someone who has attended Yulin for three years in a row to research, document, and expose the festival, as well as rescue small numbers of dogs and cats, he believes the government is closer than ever to not only banning the barbaric festival, but also the industry (he breaks down the history, practices, and attitudes about the Chinese dog meat trade in this must - read article).

«I went to Yulin convinced this would be the last because of all the hype and the pressure, but after seeing the reality of the festival and the extent of the dog meat being eaten, you realize that if this is the end, something miraculous has got to happen.

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.