Activists in China saved up to 1,000 dogs and cats bound for the slaughterhouse
Activists in China saved up to 1,000 animals bound for the slaughterhouse Tuesday, ahead of a controversial dog-meat festival that many hoped had been called off.
According to the Humane Society International (HSI) , the dogs and cats were rescued from a truck intercepted in Guangzhou, southern China. HSI China policy specialist Peter Li said the intervention was “the single largest dog and cat truck rescue that we’ ve seen so far in China.”
This week the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival begins in neighboring Guangxi, despite earlier reports that the local government had cancelled the event. The annual meat-fest regularly courts international condemnation.
According to China’s state-backed newspaper the Global Times, this year’s festival will be more ” subdued ” to avoid controversy.
