Millions of dogs and cats are brutally and inhumanely tortured, slaughtered, and then eaten EVERY YEAR in Asia. Over ten thousand alone will suffer that fate on June 21st at the annual 10-day event called "the yulin dog meat and lychee festival" in yulin china. To these innocent victims, those 10 days are full of NOTHING but agony, fear, confusion, and shock. As they wait to be skinned alive, boiled alive in hot water, torched alive, dismembered alive, hung over and over, electrocuted anally and/or in the mouth and the list goes on of any form of torture that goes BEYOND the mind of a normal person. (This is every day for these animals throughout asia.) During this time of waiting they are degraded in various ways such as being urinated and spit on, and also go without food or water for days. They say its tradition. They think it gives the men more sexual stamina. They say it wards off evil spirits. They also think the more torture inflicted on the innocent animal, the more tender the "meat" will be. This is all done in front of very young children, who grow up thinking it is normal and it is ok. With those children being our future generation, and how diverse society has become, who do you think will travel to the United States? Those young children. These are only a few of the details of this horrific event that myself, along with numerous other activists have been fighting so hard to put an end to. These acts are the most inhumane and abnormal behavior inflicted upon our loyal companions that continually risk THEIR lives for us as police dogs, service dogs, soldiers, victims support, and so on. It is not our intention to dictate how other countries should resolve their internal affairs or what they should consume. However, as citizens of society as a whole, it is our responsibility to advocate and bring awareness to this form of genocide that is happening every year in Yulin. We believe animals do not have borders, and it is our duty to be their voice. How can we as a progressive society sit in silence?

WHEN CONTACTED BY MYSELF AND MANY OTHER ACTIVISTS, ASKING ...PLEADING... THAT THEY STOP TORTURING THESE ANIMALS, THIS IS yulins RESPONSE:

HELP US HELP THEM!