Chinese wet markets chop up piles of dog meat ahead of cruel festival
dailystar.co.ukChinese butchers chopping up carcasses ahead of the Yulin dog meat festival later this month. It comes despite China vowing to ban the consumption of cats and dogs in the capital Beijing, classifying them companion animals in an extraordinary break with tradition.
The country officially declassified dogs and cats as livestock on May 29 after an announcement last month. Yet it's believed China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is still to ban the brutal practice nationwide, including Guangxi Province where the summer festival takes place, with preparations already underway this week.The 10-day-long festival, which runs from June 21 and June 30 began in 2009, with an average of 10,000 to 15,000 dogs being slaughtered by being boiled.
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