pet theft

Most of these animals are stolen pets. All Chinese are not cruel, but this festival provides an economic excuse for the cruelest of thefts and practices, which many Chinese want ended: Open letter from Animal activist, Chantal Buslot: An animal rights lawyer in Beijing said that official claims that all dogs slaughtered for the Chinese Dog Meat Festival are bred by local dog farmers is false. Xiang said according to research there are no such farms and that all dogs are abducted from the streets. (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-dog-meat-festival-2014-10000-dogs-be-slaughtered-yulin-summer-solstice-celebration-1451869) It is thought most dogs are pets or strays abducted from streets. Vendors then buy them for nine yuan (85p) and sell them for 25 yuan. People who steal the dogs make the biggest profits of all, the news agency said.
(http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-dog-meat-festival-2014-dogs-sold-85p-c ooking-solistice-hotpot-1452814)

Criminal laws are broken

"Some of the animal thieves broke Criminal Law using weapons to threaten residents to hand over their dogs,"Li said.
(http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-dog-meat-festival-2014-dogs-sold-85p-cooking-solistice-hotpot-1452814) According to the 'Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, Part I-General Provisions, Article 2 states The tasks of the PRC Criminal Law are to use punishment struggle against all criminal acts to defend national security, the political power of the people's democratic dictatorship, and the socialist system; to protect state-owned property and property collectively owned by the laboring masses; to protect citizens' privately owned property; to protect citizens' right of the person, democratic rights, and other rights; to maintain social and economic order; and to safeguard the smooth progress of the cause of socialist construction.

As a concerned global citizen, I am worried about the beloved pets of families being stolen and sold for the YuLin Dog Meat Festival.

According to Chapter Three, Section V, Article 99 of the Chinese Constitution states the following Local people's congresses at various levels ensure the observance and implementation of the Constitution and other laws and the administrative regulations in their respective administrative areas.

Within the limits of their authority as prescribed by law, they adopt and issue resolutions and examine and decide on plans for local economic and cultural development and for the development of public services.

Is it not the duty of the Yulin government, and the Agriculture Ministry, to ensure Criminal laws are not broken and the Chinese Constitution is upheld? If this were implemented in the next couple weeks, then this YuLin festival would assuredly be closed down as a public health risk and because of the brutal killings of the cats and dogs of greater YuLin.

Please, President Xi, this is not about animal rights but about upholding Chinese laws that are there to protect all citizens. We urge you to please get involved and ask the appropriate committees to prevent future laws from being broken by canceling the festival.

The world is watching Yulin as this festival gets closer and it's terrified by what it sees.

Sincerely, Chantal Buslot Belgium [Animal Activist]

Health risks associated iwth the consumption of dog meat trade

More medical warnings link dog meat to rabies http://www.animals24-7.org/2015/03/18/more-medical-warnings-link-dog-meat-to-rabies/ Epidemiological investigations of human rabies in China - The results showed 19,806 human rabies cases were reported in China from 1996 to 2008, with an average of 1,524 cases each year... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/210 https://youtu.be/TKOQIuHI3Eo

China dog meat festival sparks outrage everywhere in the world!

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/01/shocking-photographs-show-the-horrific-reality-of-banned-cat-and-dog-meat-festival-in-china-5225145/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3103008/Rows-pet-dogs-beaten-death-hanging-hooks-cats-skinned-ready-dinner-table-Inside-Chinese-meat-festival-banned-year.html">
http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/02/10/protestors-hope-to-end-annual-dog-eating-festival-in-southern-chinese-city
http://www.causeribbon.com/ribbon/stop_yulin_2015
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/magazines/2015/01-02/surge-of-comp assion-chinese-animal-activists-confront-dog-meat-trade.html
https://www.thedodo.com/china-yulin-dog-meat-trade-1113447741.html
http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Viande-de-chien-et-de-chat-Yulin-le-festival-de-la-barbarie-759642 Misleading advertisements of authorities
http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-762e768c-f5da-4807-8e5d-1550754304cb-tg2.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-kinosian/gruesome-yulin-dog-fest ival-must-end-you-have-a-voice_b_7073662.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/22/world/asia/china-yulin-dog-meat-fe stival/
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32965554