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The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country ?

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The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country ?
posted Jul 1, 2015 by Brijesh Talwar

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Yulin, Guangxi, China during the summer solstice (on 21st June in 2015) in which festival goers eat dog meat and lychees.

Over 10,000 dogs are killed at this festival for human consumption every year. There are various reports of inhumane treatment, including torture, caused celebrities and others to protest against the Festival. However The festival organizers claim that the dogs are killed humanely and that eating dog meat is no different to eating pork or beef, one Prof Peter J. Li has claimed that some of the dogs eaten are are stolen household pets.

answer Jul 3, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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