Thursday, 23 June 2016

Condemning Yulin’s horrific dog meat festival is easy. Facing our own animal cruelty is harder

Condemning Yulin’s horrific dog meat festival is easy. Facing our own animal cruelty is harder

Festival-goers are marking the start of summer solstice by gathering as communities to celebrate over barbecued meat. This could be a scene from anywhere in the world, but the one making headlines is from Yulin, China – because the animals on the barbecue will be dogs. The annual summer festival in Yulin has been widely criticized, mostly by Westerners who aren’t used to thinking of dogs as food. Images and footage of filthy dogs crowded into cages and being brutally slaughtered...

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