Activists saved 10 pups from being boiled and sold as meat at the annual Yulin festival, which starts this weekend. Most of the dogs killed for the meat trade in China are stolen pets, stolen guard dogs, as well as street dogs grabbed from towns and cities. He kept licking my hands, and unbeknown to him I could easily have been a dog meat eater. But the images from activists show traders butchering dog carcasses in defiance of the government’s new stance on dog meat. Some dogs, and also cats, who were going to be killed for meat have found forever homes in the UK.

Source: Daily Mirror June 17, 2020 16:43 UTC