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Heartbreaking image from China's annual dog meat festival where
tens of thousands of animals are killed
Thousands of dogs and cats butchered as Yulin festival gets underway
Slaughterers hit them over the head, cut their throats open then boil them
As many as 10 million dogs are killed for food annually in China according to the Humane Society.
Up to 10,000 are killed for the Yulin festival alone.
The festival itself has no cultural significance, it was invented by dog meat traders in 2010 as a way to boost their flagging business.
Opened mid fierce international criticism and clashes with protesters
Many of them are stolen pets
Those raised for food spend their short lives inside cages, suffering from thirst, and never experiencing a kind human gesture.
Many of the animals die on the long truck journeys from across China with no food or water.
Others suffer from such horrendous injuries that they cannot stand in the filthy pens they are transferred to.
It is legal to eat dogs in China and the country has no law protecting the welfare of pets or the way in which they are slaughtered.
Rescuing dogs does not help, as dog farms will simply raise more for sale. There needs to be a coordinated international effort to stop the consumption of dogs and cats in China and in other SE Asian countries.
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Playfully pawing at a man's leg, a puppy begs for attention as most young pets would do. At first glance, this could be any cherished canine simply craving more love from a distracted owner.
But this is far from a walk round the park – this poor puppy is about to die a barbaric death at a vile dog meat festival that has sparked outrage around the world.
He is one of thousands of canines that will be skinned alive, butchered and eaten as the market in China got underway amid clashes with protesters.
As many as 10,000 dogs, many of them stolen pets, are slaughtered for the market held deep in the largely rural and poor Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to mark the summer solstice.
Continue reading. Caution: disturbing images ahead.
You will be warned before seeing photos of Asians cooking dogs alive, with a long blank space on the page beforehand.
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