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[11] [12] [13] On January 26, 2010, China launched its first draft proposal to protect the country's animals from maltreatment, including a measure to jail people—for periods up to 15 days—for eating cat or dog meat. [14] With the increase of cats as pets in China, opposition towards the traditional use of cats for food has grown.
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 solstice from 21 June to 30 June in which festival observers consume dog meat accompanied by lychees or other plants.
Chinese Animal Protection Network (CAPN) is a non-profit animal protection organization, and the first network for animal protection in China, founded by Chinese people. CAPN is known for its pioneering role in the animal rights movement in China, leading the growing movement against eating cats and dogs, and providing a free encyclopedia on ...
Police in China have rescued some 1,000 cats from a truck en route to a slaughterhouse, state-affiliated media has reported, busting part of an illicit trade that fraudulently sells feline meat as ...
Selling cat meat is illegal in China, but an estimated four million cats are killed for human consumption every year 1,000 cats rescued from slaughter for illegal meat trade in China Skip to main ...
Here's what federal law says about using cats and dogs for meat.
The eating of dog meat in China dates back to around 500 BCE, and possibly even earlier. It has been suggested that wolves in southern China may have been domesticated as a source of meat. [206] Mencius (372–289 BCE) talked about dog meat as being an edible, dietary meat. [207]
Here's what federal law says about using cats and dogs for meat.