A LEADING campaigner in the struggle to end the barbarism of Yulin’s dog-eating festival has described what drives him to end the midsummer mass slaughter. As Peter Li – Humane Society International’s ...

In southern China’s Guangxi region, a dark stain on animal welfare persists: the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. Each June, thousands of dogs—many of them stolen pets—are crammed into cages, transported for ...

A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened on Wednesday with butchers hacking up slabs of canines and cooks frying the flesh, despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. After ...

A pair of German shepherds destined for a grim fate in one of China's meat markets have been rescued from the clutches of a "dogcatcher." In 2009, activist lawyer Julia De Cadenet set up No to Dog ...

Thousands of dogs are butchered during the festival in Yulin, a faction of the more than 10 million consumed each year in China. [Pak Yiu, AFP] As South Korea moves closer to banning dog meat, diners ...

YULIN, China (Reuters) - Residents of China's southern city of Yulin defended eating dog meat to celebrate the summer solstice on Thursday, as animal rights activists seek new ways to pressure ...

Thousands of dogs are expected to end up on the chopping block during the city's annual dog meat festival, which has become increasingly controversial in China. For many residents of China's southern ...

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The annual dog meat festival in Yulin, China is an ancient tradition for local residents to celebrate the summer solstice. An estimated 10,000 dogs were killed for the festival, despite efforts of ...

The US and Israel carried out military strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that President Trump said would end a security threat to the ...

WINDHAM — In the 15 years since the start of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival held annually in Guangxi, China, millions of dogs have been tortured and slaughtered. Though many of them are raised on “farms, ...

Activists say the ruling could pave the way for the outlawing of dog meat consumption in South Korea, but there is less progress in China where advocates fear their tactics have been counterproductive ...