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China dog meat festival targeted by activists
Telegraph (UK) ^ | June 19, 2013 | AFP

Posted on 06/19/2013 10:08:47 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi

The annual festival, scheduled to take place on Friday in Guangxi province, sees dogs packed into cages before being killed, skinned and cooked – but has met with increasing opposition from activists, highlighting China's growing animal rights movement.

Members of the activist group the Boai Small Animal Protection Centre have been protesting in Yulin, the city which holds the festival, since early this month, calling on the local government to cancel it, group founder Du Yufeng said.

Photographs from past festivals showing dogs packed into cages and locals feasting on their meat from steaming pots have circulated on China's popular social networking websites, leading thousands to condemn the festival as cruel.

"This year the government has said they feel under pressure from online activism ... so they have a special team to monitor the festival," Du said.

But the measures were unlikely to prevent the annual feast, she said.

"I think the team will reduce the cruelty somewhat, but mostly on the surface," she said, adding: "We have seen animals beaten just before being cooked ...

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 06/19/2013 10:08:47 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Wonder what great dane tastes like.


2 posted on 06/19/2013 10:09:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

I hear the dog-eater-in-chief has some recipes.


3 posted on 06/19/2013 10:12:05 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: cripplecreek

Danish?...............


4 posted on 06/19/2013 10:12:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Chihuahua-on-a-Stick!...........Chihuahua-on-a-Stick! Get your Chihuahua-on-a-Stick right here, folks!......Step right up! No need to push, we have lots of ‘em!.......Step right up!.......


5 posted on 06/19/2013 10:14:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
Just as here in the good old USA, animals have rights and humans do not.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

6 posted on 06/19/2013 10:15:06 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the A<font size=4><b>rchangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
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7 posted on 06/19/2013 10:16:11 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

My cat approves of this story....


8 posted on 06/19/2013 10:17:21 AM PDT by apillar
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To: areukiddingme1

They got any $3300 per night hotel suites in Guangxi?


9 posted on 06/19/2013 10:22:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Floppy...is that you ?


10 posted on 06/19/2013 10:29:54 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: cripplecreek

You mean we’re smoking dog $#!+, man?


11 posted on 06/19/2013 10:35:11 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

12 posted on 06/19/2013 10:47:51 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

13 posted on 06/19/2013 10:51:25 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

This would drive me over the line. There would be no good outcome if I were there.


14 posted on 06/19/2013 11:36:50 AM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be what you might have been.)
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To: LyinLibs

His brisket coined the term, “holy smoke.”


15 posted on 06/19/2013 11:39:05 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: LyinLibs

"Om nom nom nom nom nom."

16 posted on 06/19/2013 2:42:09 PM PDT by N-R-T
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Time to wok the dog!


17 posted on 06/19/2013 8:42:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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