The Dog Meat Festival (Chinese: 狗肉节), also known as the Yulin Dog Meat Festival or Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, is an annual festival held in Yulin, Guangxi, China, during the summer …

Jun 11, 2022 · But polling suggests that dog meat is eaten only by a small portion of the Chinese population. Dog meat is served at a restaurant in Yulin, in China's southern Guangxi region on...

Apr 12, 2017 · Each year in June, the city of Yulin in southern China hosts a dog meat festival, where live dogs and cats are sold specifically for eating and an estimated 10,000 are …

Eating dogs is not illegal in China. Around 10 to 20 million are killed for human consumption every year and although the festival is new the custom can be traced back at least 400...

Jun 21, 2022 · While there is no nationwide ban on the consumption of dog meat in China, the country's Ministry of Agriculture made a public statement in 2020 to explain that dogs (and …

Despite its historical significance, dog meat consumption in China is actually quite rare in modern times. In fact, the majority of Chinese people do not eat dogs, and the practice is generally …

2 days ago · Surveys indicate that most Chinese people do not eat dog meat and oppose the custom. Moreover, new generations and Chinese middle-class people view dogs as pets more …

Mar 30, 2023 · The practice of eating dog meat in China is actually much less common than most expats think. It must be said that despite the fact a large percentage of Chinese will be against …

Jun 21, 2016 · Despite protests including a petition containing 11 million signatures, China’s Yulin festival will see about 10,000 dogs and cats killed over the next ten days so that they can be …

Jul 30, 2014 · China’s history of dog-eating. Dogs have been a part of Chinese households for at least 7,000 years, archaeologists say. The mythological ruler Fu Xi was said to have …