Nearly 25 Lakh People Have Signed A Petition To Stop The Barbaric Yulin Dog Meat Festival. Is China Listening?

Do you know that dogs can feel just like humans do? When attacked, they feel pain and fear just like we do. And when they see their own kind being hacked to death, they exhibit the same panic that humans would.

The Yulin Festival is a barbaric dog-eating festival organised every year in China. It will be held again in June this year.

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Every year, there are fresh reports of dogs being stolen from their owners, then bled to death to be consumed with wine as part of this festival.

With the international attention brought on by the Chinese has done little to deter them from continuing the "tradition" of culling nearly 10,000 to 15,000 dogs every year, it has made other countries more conscious of their practices. Nepal's temple trust announced to cancel all future animal sacrifice at the country's Gadhimai festival ¡ª the world's biggest animal sacrifice event held every five years.

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While the international attention against the festival has gained momentum in the past few years, Marc Ching, Founder of Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation (AHWF) has decided to launch a physical mission with the help of international volunteers in June to put an end to the festival. Ching, who runs the Compassion Project, will visit five countries, eight regions, and ending in Yulin for the festival where many International media and activists will be protesting the dog meat trade at the festival.

Also read: A 65 Year Old Retiree Who Is Saving Dogs From The Yulin Meat Festival

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Thousands of dogs ¡°are reported to be captured, transported in cages under horrific conditions and slaughtered every year for this Dog Meat festival,¡± Congressman Alcee Hastings said on the House floor this week as he introduced a resolution in the US Congress in this regard, according to a PTI report.

¡°It is a spectacle of extreme animal cruelty for commercial purposes. This practice, in my opinion, is completely unacceptable, and can be stopped by the diligent efforts of members of the Chinese government,¡± Hastings added.

Also read: Why 'Yulin's Dog-Eating Festival' Is The Cruelest Food Festival On The Planet

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Nearly 2,500,000 people across the world have signed a petition by Avaaz to Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, asking him to stop the festival. India's Ali Raza has also initiated a petition on www.change.org asking the Chinese government to stop the torture, among many other petitioners from around the world.

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