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Shut down the Yulin dog meat festival!
Shut down the Yulin dog meat festival!
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To Chinese President Mr. Xi Jinping, the Governor of Guangxi Province Mr. Chen Wu, and members of the Chinese Central Government:

As citizens across the globe deeply disturbed by the abuse and consumption of dogs at the Yulin festival, we strongly urge you to ban it immediately. Millions of Chinese citizens support legislation to stop the dog meat industry, and we join their call to end this cruel trade.
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To Chinese President Mr. Xi Jinping, the Governor of Guangxi Province Mr. Chen Wu, and members of the Chinese Central Government:
"As citizens across the globe deeply disturbed by the abuse and consumption of dogs at the Yulin festival, we strongly urge you to ban it immediately. Millions of Chinese citizens support legislation to stop the dog meat industry, and we join their call to end this cruel trade."

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Update June 15, 2017: YES!!! After massive pressure from the Avaaz community, local activists and other groups, Yulin authorities banned the sale of dog meat at this year's festival! Now it's up to Yulin authorities to ensure the ban is enforced, and that it becomes permanent. The festival starts in days so let's keep up the pressure to ensure this awful practice ends for good!

Update June 29, 2016: Promising news!!! Yulin authorities in China have pledged to crack down on the dog torture festival and “take immediate actions to prevent it from happening again.”

This could be a massive step forward, but this year’s event still took place. Let's keep pushing until we see an end to this horrific festival for good! Add your name and tell everyone!

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For the Yulin dog meat festival, some dogs are stolen from their owners and beaten or bled to death. Then they’re hung upside down from hooks, a slit cut from their anus and skin ripped off their bodies, and sold to be eaten.

The suffering must be unbearable -- new research shows that in terms of emotion, dogs' brains are much like ours, something dog owners and lovers understand well. When we see dogs for what they are -- living beings with thoughts and feelings -- the torture they endure at this 'festival' becomes unimaginable.

Already thousands of Chinese citizens have spoken out against the festival, but authorities won’t act until they see how badly it’s hurting China’s global image, which they’ve been working hard to improve. That’s where we come in. Let’s show the Chinese government that the world cares about this puppy slaughter and wants them to stop it immediately!

When our numbers are great enough, Avaaz will take out ads, work with influential celebrities, run the first independent national poll on dog-eating in China, and put this issue on front pages everywhere until Chinese authorities act. Add your name now and tell everyone.

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