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China’s Gruesome Yulin Dog Meat Festival Begins with Slow Sales, but Thousands Butchered
breitbart ^ | 22 Jun 2026 | Frances Martel

Posted on 06/23/2026 3:18:57 AM PDT by dennisw

Animal rights activists documented the beginning of the Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival on the summer solstice Sunday – a gory sight in which the Chinese city is taken over by rows of tables featuring the open-air slaughter and butchering of thousands of animals.

Yulin, a city located in far-south Guangxi province, has hosted an annual event beginning on the first day of summer since 2010, meant to boost local sales of dog meat. In the past decade, the horrific spectacle has attracted international attention, particularly from celebrities tied to animal rights causes, prompting the Chinese Communist Party to outlaw the raising of dogs as livestock in 2020 and reduce publicity for the event.

The more low-key approach has worked to keep the festival out of the spotlight in mainstream Western media, but has not eliminated the consumption of dog and cat meat at the event. Similarly, the banning of dogs as a livestock animal coincides with changing attitudes in China about dogs, now viewed more commonly as beloved pets than potential meals, but has resulted in an increase in reports of dog slaughterers abducting family pets for consumption.

Unlike in past years, when Chinese regime outlets have acknowledged and even defended the existence of the festival, Breitbart News could not find at press time any coverage of the Yulin event in the pages of English-language Chinese state newspapers such as the Global Times and China Daily.

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1 posted on 06/23/2026 3:18:57 AM PDT by dennisw
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These heathens are going to eat Lassie!


2 posted on 06/23/2026 3:20:22 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: dennisw

In Vietnam, Nigeria, Indonesia, and South Korea they also eat dog meat .


3 posted on 06/23/2026 3:25:16 AM PDT by sushiman
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4 posted on 06/23/2026 3:34:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: sushiman

Not in North Korea.

Why?

No DOGS LEFT!.............


5 posted on 06/23/2026 3:34:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: dennisw

To quote Col. Benjamin Martin, “dog is a very fine meal.”


6 posted on 06/23/2026 4:37:02 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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7 posted on 06/23/2026 5:53:13 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dennisw

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals


8 posted on 06/23/2026 6:03:51 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: dennisw

In Mexico, if you see lots of dogs roaming the street, the economy is good. If you see very few, well, not so much.


9 posted on 06/23/2026 6:12:21 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: dennisw

Cow, pig, goat, dog, chicken, turkey. What is the difference, besides texture and taste?


10 posted on 06/23/2026 6:27:31 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: dennisw
Cat in the Kettle
11 posted on 06/23/2026 6:33:05 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: dennisw

Cows: Hey! This happens to us every day!


12 posted on 06/23/2026 6:46:08 AM PDT by PGR88
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Buzzards don’t even eat dogs.


13 posted on 06/23/2026 7:37:31 AM PDT by drypowder
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Unhuman savages.

No different than those who drain children to become younger.


14 posted on 06/23/2026 9:07:41 AM PDT by bobbo666
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