Activists protest dog-eating tradition
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="festival">festival</span> <span word="featuring">featuring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="approaches">approaches</span>, <span word="retailers">retailers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yulin">Yulin</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guangxi">Guangxi</span> <span word="Zhuang">Zhuang</span> <span word="autonomous">autonomous</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="hurt">hurt</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span>.</p><p><span word="Traditionally">Traditionally</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="solstice">solstice</span> - <span word="June">June</span> 21 <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> - <span word="local">local</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="hotpot">hotpot</span>, <span word="lychees">lychees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="liquor">liquor</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> 10,000 <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="eaten">eaten</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="festival">festival</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="approaches">approaches</span>, <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pouring">pouring</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="discouraging">discouraging</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="custom">custom</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="around">around</span> 5 <span word="am">am</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="searching">searching</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="slaughtering">slaughtering</span> <span word="locations">locations</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tricycle">tricycle</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="carrier">carrier</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="cages">cages</span> <span word="for">for</span> 1,150 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($185) <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lengthy">lengthy</span> <span word="argument">argument</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="puppies">puppies</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="for">for</span> 1,200 <span word="yuan">yuan</span>.</p><p>"<span word="As">As</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="Yuhua">Yuhua</span>, 64, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="municipality">municipality</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="Buddhists">Buddhists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span>, <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="performed">performed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="retail">retail</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="market">market</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rite">rite</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="console">console</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="souls">souls</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slaughtered">slaughtered</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="convince">convince</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="habits">habits</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="team">team</span>, <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Buddhist">Buddhist</span> <span word="monk">monk</span>, <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Dongkou">Dongkou</span> <span word="market">market</span>, <span word="reciting">reciting</span> <span word="prayers">prayers</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span>, <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="restaurants">restaurants</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="dog">dog</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="located">located</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="posters">posters</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="handed">handed</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="pamphlets">pamphlets</span>.</p>
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