Rescued Yulin Dogs Say thank You
AnimalCare 
Jul 7, 2016 
AnimalCare, NGOs 
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A message from HSI:
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| With your help, HSI works year round in China to fight the cruel dog meat trade, but as this year’s dog meat festival in Yulin, China approached, we made it clear to city officials that public outrage against it continues unabated: On June 10th, we gathered with our Chinese partner groups outside the Yulin government office in Beijing to present a petition with 11 million signatures demanding an end to the cruelty. We also sent the petition directly to Xi Jinping, President of China and the National People’s Congress. Thank you for adding your voice to our call for mercy.
Our HSI team was on the ground working tirelessly during Yulin to help shut it down and rescue animals trapped in the cruel dog meat industry. Although rescue is just one component of our year-round strategy to find a permanent end to this industry, during this year’s campaign, we rescued 49 dogs and 5 cats in addition to taking in and sheltering another 120 sick and injured dogs rescued during the festival.
HSI plans to continue to expose the suffering behind this industry, provide law enforcement across China to tackle unscrupulous dog thieves and traders, stop slaughter trucks on highways and rescue dogs, and equip other dedicated Chinese partner groups and shelters with the tools they need to challenge the cruelty on the ground. Together, we can end this cruel industry. Thank you for lending your voice to help these poor animals trapped in the dog meat trade at Yulin. Sincerely, |
Kudos to HSI and their partners who have worked tirelessly to do their best to put an end to this cruel festival.
As we have said before, in some cultures, petitions work. In some, it may take a longer time. Whether petitions work or not largely also depends on the culture and mentality of the people involved, shaped by their education or the lack of it. Sad to say, in some cultures, the more you urge them not to do something, the more they will do it, out of spite. It could be cultural. It’s the ego at work. Self-importance at play. No empathy.
In recent months, we’ve seen petitions that work in some places – universities ending the use of live animals for surgical training, librarian cat not being evicted from his home, and last year, even the Nepali temple finally agreed to stop the practice of cruel sacrifice in their Gadhimai festival.
It will probably take much longer to persuade the people of Yulin to stop this festival.
With organisations like HSI spearheading the efforts, we cannot and must not give up. Since we are so far away, there is really nothing much we can do except to sign the petition and lend our voices and hearts.
Thank you very much for signing the petition and for caring.
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2016/07/07/rescued-yulin-dogs-say-t..
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