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Yulin Dog Meat Festival

The Hypocritical Outrage Over The Yulin Dog Meat Festival

Let’s get something out of the way first: The Yulin Dog Meat Festival in Southern China is a disgusting, cruel, and indefensible event — thousand of dogs and cats are inhumanly killed there each year. ... Read More
June 2, 20174Guardians2
Animal Guardians

China’s Dog Meat Problem

I ate dog just once, and it was an accident. A Chinese scrap-metal dealer with whom I'm friendly invited me to a fancy hotpot restaurant in Chongqing. As the waitress delivered bowl after bowl of ... Read More
July 3, 20164Guardians2
Animal Guardians

China Rubs West’s Nose In It Over Dog Meat Brutality

Don’t look now but China is about to score another propaganda victory. This time the chosen battlefield is the rarefied but nicely symbolic world of dog fancying. China’s objective, not for the first time, is ... Read More
March 30, 20164Guardians2
Animal Guardians

Friend or food? Dog meat trade divides China

Yulin's dog meat "festival," where some 10,000 dogs are slaughtered and served up as meals, is often wrongly assumed to be an ancient Chinese tradition. In fact, the festival only dates back to 2009 when ... Read More
June 19, 20154Guardians2