Restaurants in Yulin, Guangxi, that serve dog meat, have been told to cover up the ‘dog’ character on their signs to avoid backlash from dog lovers who have been causing trouble.
A few days away from the controversial Summer Solstice Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, tensions have been rising between activists and local residents who want to protect their right to consume canines. Just yesterday, a group of ten activists was detained for attempting to free dogs that were bred for meat, and then kicking down the door of a dog meat merchant.
The anti dog meat crusade has a large following online, with many celebrities volunteering for public service announcements and denouncing the practice on Weibo. The campaign successfully shut down the 2011 Jihua Dog Meat Festival; however, the 2013 Yulin dog meat festival went ahead, despite protests.
While online supporters of the campaign have denounced eating dogs as ‘uncivilized’, Yulin residents are displeased with the suggestion that they cover up the signs: “What we’re doing isn’t illegal; why should we have to do it sneakily?”
Source: news.qq.com
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I don't agree with some of you. They torture and skin the animals so that their howls of horror will traumatize you for just viewing it. The act is barbaric and cruel. They do this because they believe the adrenaline makes the meat better but ACTUALLY it has proven to make meat worse. IF it must be done, then do it quickly. If they enjoy killing animals in such a way then there is clearly something wrong with those people. Some traditions are just stupid anyway.
Jun 13, 2014 15:52 Report Abuse
Stop being so ethnocentric! You think that humans are not animals, and above other animals. To other cultures, all animals are equal, and humans are not above other species (hence why meat eating is abhorrent). To you, the holocaust is totally different from the killing of dogs (or other animals), but to people who view all animals as being equal, they're the same. Don't lecture about ethnocentrism and judging if you're not able to remove yourself from both.
Jun 13, 2014 13:51 Report Abuse
I think the point was that "It's legal, so therefore should be acceptable" is a feeble argument. There is a comparison in that slavery, dog meat, and the Holocaust were all acceptable within the cultures that practiced them, and only horrific outside said cultures. If you want to defend the practice of dog meat, "It's tradition" or "It's legal" are simply terrible arguments, since they can be used to support other horrific practices.
Jun 13, 2014 13:47 Report Abuse
Dogs are our friends. If you treat your dog nicely, it will love you more than you ever could love someone. I don't think we should eat them. It's like if somebody is really nice to you, but you hit that person in the face and leave without saying "thank you".
Jun 12, 2014 18:47 Report Abuse
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