The annual event sees the slaughter of more than 10,000 dogs every year.

YuLin dog meat festival is scheduled to go ahead this week. The annual event sees the slaughter of more than 10,000 dogs every year. 90% of the dogs who are brought for slaughter are stolen from domestic owners or farms. Dogs will be forced to travel for 3-4 days up to 1,000 miles often in small, cramped cages. The event was inaugurated in 2009 – it’s not an ancient Chinese tradition. Dog meat was considered a delicacy in China in ancient times, but this soon fell out of fashion. A recent poll by Chinese news agency Xinhua suggested that 64% of people would support ending the horrible events at Yulin. The local government has ‘distanced itself’ from being officially involved in organising, and so it seems that the event is largely

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