A city in southern China has gone ahead with
Activists on Tuesday bought dogs from dealers wholesale Towel shelf who had been planning to slaughter them, while local residents complained that outsiders were ruining what they consider a local tradition.The local government has in recent years sought to disassociate itself from the event.Many of the victim dogs are believed to have been pets stolen from their owners.
A city in southern China has gone ahead with an annual dog-meat eating festival despite heavy criticism and protests from animal rights activists.An estimated 10-20 million dogs are killed for their meat each year in China, and the Yulin event has become a lightning rod for criticism. Many of the dogs are believed to have been pets stolen from their owners.
The event this week in the city of Yulin has come to symbolize the cruelty and lack of hygiene associated with the largely unregulated industry.
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