Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town are holding an annual dog meat festival despite international criticism.
Eateries reached by phone in Yulin reported brisk business Sunday during the event marking the summer solstice. They say eating dog meat is traditional, while activists say the festival has no cultural value and was invented to drum up business.
As many as 10,000 dogs, many of them stolen pets, are slaughtered for the occasion held deep in the largely rural and poor Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Celebrities such as British comedian Ricky Gervais and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen have called for an end to the festival.
Dog is eaten in some parts of China but is not a common dish.
Be careful when ordering the 'hot dog.' Incidentally, 'hot dog' is also Mandarin slang for 'cop.' Complex eaters, the Chinese.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Wednesday June 24 2015, @02:02PM
I'm not real big on eating any animal that has eyebrows, so I prefer this festival, from China's neighbors to the South.
http://www.viralnova.com/kukur-puja/ [viralnova.com]
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:21PM
I think there is a good chance that all that colored dust/paint they put on the dogs during Diwali (and on everybody during Holi) is probably full of lead. The cheap way to get super colorful paints is with toxic chemicals.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Beware-of-chemical-colours-this-Holi-Experts/articleshow/12180970.cms [indiatimes.com]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/Beware-synthetic-Holi-colours-can-cause-skin-eye-problems/articleshow/46460124.cms [indiatimes.com]
So, they may not recreationally eat dogs in India, they do have other artificial risks to their health.