COVID-19: Chinese Dog Meat Festival to be held this year: Yulin, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai
COVID-19:
Chinese Dog Meat Festival:
This festival is held every year in Yulin, China.
We are always infuriated by animal activists around the world.
Activists hoped that the new coronavirus outbreak this year would put an end to this traditional event.
COVID-19 infection
Wuhan Market:
Demand for dog meat has fallen further due to the sale of various animals for food.
With growing hygiene concerns, China quickly passed legislation prohibiting wildlife consumption and trade.
However, dog meat is outside the scope of this law.
Shenzhen/Zhuhai:
In April 2020, for the first time in a Chinese city, dog meat was banned.
AFPBB News
https://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3290097
China dog meat festival goes ahead but virus takes a toll
Volunteers at a Beijing dog shelter hand out treats to dozens of rescued animals which had been bound for a controversial dog meat festival under way this week in southern China.
The annual event in Yulin city
always provokes outrage from animal rights activists, but this year they hope the coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of a tradition they see as cruel.
It is inhumane and barbaric, said Jeffrey Bari, founder of the No Dogs Left Behind organisation, which keeps around 200 canines in large wire enclosures on the outskirts of the Chinese capital and re-homes them.
Activists save hundreds of dogs every year by raiding slaughterhouses and intercepting trucks.
They say traders steal pets and strays and transport them long distances, mostly to the country’s south.
JIJI PRESS