Puppy farms supplying the dog meat trade found ahead of the controversial Yulin Festival in China
Well-concealed puppy farms have been found in the Chinese countryside ahead of the country’s controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival which starts on June 21.
The annual festival, which began around 2010, sees dogs and cats – who are often stolen pets – brutally tortured and killed on the street before they are made into dishes for stalls and restaurants to serve.
Over the 10-day event, it is thought that up to 10,000 dogs and 5,000 cats were killed and eaten.
A number of these animals will come from the farms, in the Guangxi province en route to Yulin, which were…
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