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China's annual dog-meat fair opens
Reuters ^ | 6.21.2020 | David Stanway

Posted on 06/22/2020 4:16:54 PM PDT by libh8er

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s notorious dog-meat festival has opened in defiance of a government campaign to improve animal welfare and reduce risks to health highlighted by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but activists are hopeful its days are numbered.

The annual 10-day festival in the southwestern city of Yulin usually attracts thousands of visitors, many of whom buy dogs for the pot that are on display in cramped cages, but campaigners said the numbers this year have dwindled.

The government is drawing up new laws to prohibit the wildlife trade and protect pets, and campaigners are hoping that this year will be the last time the festival is held.

“I do hope Yulin will change not only for the sake of the animals but also for the health and safety of its people,” said Peter Li, China policy specialist with the Humane Society International, an animal rights group.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 06/22/2020 4:16:54 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

Some say that the fare is woof on the palate.


2 posted on 06/22/2020 4:19:11 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: libh8er

Cruel and disgusting.


3 posted on 06/22/2020 4:19:37 PM PDT by dainbramaged (That information is classified. Request denied.)
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To: libh8er

Good dog!


4 posted on 06/22/2020 4:21:21 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: Army Air Corps

Do they offer pupsicles? Asking for a friend.


5 posted on 06/22/2020 4:22:13 PM PDT by Noumenon (There's a fight coming. Let's not lose.)
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To: libh8er

I really like that dog in the center of the photo. That looks like the kind of dog that could be a good companion for many, many years.


6 posted on 06/22/2020 4:22:15 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: dainbramaged

You can say the same thing about the animals we eat.


7 posted on 06/22/2020 4:22:16 PM PDT by jarwulf
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To: libh8er

So horrid.


8 posted on 06/22/2020 4:22:29 PM PDT by madison10
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To: dainbramaged

I’d rather see Antifa idiots in the cages


9 posted on 06/22/2020 4:22:46 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: libh8er

Obafuhrer there for the opening?


10 posted on 06/22/2020 4:26:17 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: jarwulf

The animals we eat aren’t tortured to death so the meat tastes better.


11 posted on 06/22/2020 4:28:55 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: libh8er

Next up...Fido Flu ???


12 posted on 06/22/2020 4:31:41 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: jarwulf

You can say the same thing about the animals we eat.

I won’t eat anything smart enough to be trained to fetch my slippers.


13 posted on 06/22/2020 4:33:17 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: dainbramaged

Awhile ago I thought “Ok - that’s their culture.” Those dogs look no different than a bunch of pigs or chickens in a cage at the county fair.

But then I read about the inhumane way that they kill the dogs in order to “bring out the best taste”. I don’t recall exactly, but they torture them to death. Even a rat shouldn’t be tortured to death.


14 posted on 06/22/2020 4:34:26 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: lilypad
I’d rather see Antifa idiots in the cages

They're too bitter and nasty to eat.

15 posted on 06/22/2020 4:34:52 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Stupid morons. Their culture is full of evil.


16 posted on 06/22/2020 4:37:27 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: madison10

I look at that picture and am horrified. From the time I was two years old I desperately wanted a dog. To get one I fought a 14 year long guerilla war with my mother, finally getting one when I was 16. I’ve had one or two ever since during most of my adult life. Seeing how the Chinese treat then disgusts me as much as a concentration camp picture.


17 posted on 06/22/2020 4:40:52 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libh8er

“All cultures are equal” /s

Isn’t that why, back in February, Mayor DiNazio said to go to Chinatown and hug a Chinese person?


18 posted on 06/22/2020 4:59:17 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: libh8er

“All cultures are equal” /s

Isn’t that why, back in February, Mayor DiNazio said to go to Chinatown and hug a Chinese person?


19 posted on 06/22/2020 4:59:49 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: libh8er

I’ve seen pix where they boil the dogs alive, in the belief that the flavor is enhanced when the animal dies a painful, horrible death.


20 posted on 06/22/2020 5:00:21 PM PDT by bkopto
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