Petition · past parliament · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Urge the Chinese government to stop the annual Yulin Dog Eating Festival
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8,723 signatures
What the petition asks
The Yulin festival in China is an annual event which sees thousands of dogs slaughtered. They are treated in the most inhumane ways possible, healthy dogs are skinned and boiled alive for human consumption at the festival. They are kept in tiny cages with others and some of the dogs are stolen.
This treatment of the animals, regardless of species, is absolutely against what defines the human race. Watching the dogs scream in pain as they are boiled or skinned alive is utterly disgusting and allows us to question the type of people to attend. If animals are killed for meat, this should be done humanely rather than torture.
Timeline
| 11 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Nov 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
8,723
Status
Closed
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened
11 May 2020
Closed
11 Nov 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.