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Urge the Chinese government to stop the annual Yulin Dog Eating Festival
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1,699 signatures
What the petition asks
Thousands of dogs are annually tortured to death during the Yulin Dog Meat festival. They are skinned alive, boiled to death, beaten, burned and dismembered while still alive.
Yulin began in 2009; it is not tradition. Nor is there a valid comparison between the eating of beef or lamb and dog-meat.
Yulin began in 2009; it is not tradition. Nor is there a valid comparison between the eating of beef or lamb and dog-meat.
In 2016 11 million people worldwide signed a petition against dog slaughter at Yulin. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/yulin-dog-meat-festival-ban-petition-11-million-sign-slaughters-thousands-animals-china-a7081521.html
Despite this the festival went ahead in 2017.
Unlike cattle, dogs/cats have a greater understanding of suffering:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal/article/identifying-and-monitoring-pain-in-farm-animals-a-review/CECEC60BB101FF770ED7E594E0CCE8BA
Despite this the festival went ahead in 2017.
Unlike cattle, dogs/cats have a greater understanding of suffering:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal/article/identifying-and-monitoring-pain-in-farm-animals-a-review/CECEC60BB101FF770ED7E594E0CCE8BA
Timeline
| 19 Oct 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Apr 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,699
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Oct 2017
Closed
19 Apr 2018
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