Do you like to take care of animals? Do you have pets in your house? especially Dog which is considered a man's best friend . But what's considered a man's best friend can also be a "Man's Best Dish" . It's sad to say but it is happening during this time and it was held recently where in many dogs where slaughtered that time.
This is depressing event especially to the dog lovers out there and i can't quite imagine to see a dog meat being eaten by the neighborhood.
it was reported that roughly 10,000 dogs had been consumed for each annual occurrence of the festival.This number is estimated by some to have decreased to 1,000 in 2015.
The festival organizers claim that the dogs are killed humanely and that "eating dog is no different from eating pork or beef".Animal rights activists and campaigners, however, claim that the animals are treated cruelly. Some media outlets, including tabloids, have reported that dogs are intentionally tortured or boiled alive to improve the taste of their meat.Several other reports have stated that since 2015 there has been little evidence for those allegations.
There are allegations that many of the dogs eaten appear to have been stolen household pets from local villages, judging by their collars and sometimes by family members who identify their own pets.
Despite widespread belief that dogs consumed at the festival were bred from dog farms, a study done by Animals Asia Foundation reported that most dogs that are consumed are strays or stolen pets. Approximately 70% of rural villages surveyed in China have suffered mysterious dog losses.
The annual dog meat festival which actually called " The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival (or Yulin Dog Meat Festival)" was held and located in yulin. Yulin is one of the fourteen prefecture-level Cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic Of China.
During the summer-solstice starting from June 21st - June 30th in which festival goers eat dog meat and lychees. The festival began in 2009 and spans about ten days during which thousands of dogs are reportedly consumed. The festival has drawn criticism both domestically and abroad.