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10, 000 To Be Slaughtered For Meat
An annual dog meat festival in south-west China has begun, amid uproar on the part of animal rights activists.
About 10,000 dogs will be slaughtered for their meat at the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin in Guangxi province on Sunday and Monday to mark the summer solstice, state media said.
One retired school teacher from Tianjin hit the headlines when she purchased dozens of dogs to save them.
Residents and vendors in Yulin say the animals are killed in a humane way.
Activists say the killing is cruel and an online campaign to ban the festival has been signed by more than 3.8 million people so far and the campaign has attracted considerable support this year from celebrities both domestic and foreign.
Celebrities including British comedian Ricky Gervais have spoken out on Twitter with the hashtag #StopYuLin2015. Chinese pop star Chen Kun and actor Yang Mi have said they are joining the campaign on micro blogging site Weibo.
And Chinese actor Fan Bingbing and others posted a video online against the festival
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chatasha
June 22, 2015 at 12:56 pm
Balalya nensoka naba pushi,that’s why twakosela utu ma Chinese
Chief of Grief
June 22, 2015 at 2:48 pm
Nemichopo twalya ishi am sure natupopi twalisagwa!
club zero
June 22, 2015 at 6:11 pm
My dog is missing and I think its the china man next house kill my dog.please government help us befor they kill all our zam dogs
shawn
June 23, 2015 at 8:13 am
Foolish…You allow abortion but want to protect Dogs…. Nidiyo leave them
New Educated Zambia©
June 23, 2015 at 8:19 am
Atleast they can even afford meat. In Zambia at the moment meat is a privilege for the pf politicians. Things are bad
Wanyafye Tigers FC
June 23, 2015 at 10:50 am
Free advice to Livingstne City Council, a city with so many stray dogs, READ this article and invite 100 Chinese and declare them freemen of the city and BOOM!!! all your dogs are gone from the streets.
Illuminatus
June 24, 2015 at 2:06 pm
why pity dogs?how about cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, etc? some pipo have intimacy for dogs coz they are their sexial mates. one man’s meat is another man’s best friend(europians), and yet another man’s god(hindus). leave the chinese alone.galu ni ndiyo.