Our partner group activists rescued 10 puppies who were on offer for slaughter and sale at a market just outside Yulin.
Also in the video you'll see puppies, who were on offer for slaughter and sale at a market just outside Yulin, being rescued by Chinese animal activists. The activists, upon seeing the 10 puppies, questioned the stall holder about how the animals had been acquired, and he agreed to let the activists take them. The dogs are now being cared for at our partner shelter.
"I couldn't believe that anyone would even want to eat these adorable little darlings," said one of the activists, Jennifer Chen, who can be seen lifting a puppy from the cage in the video. "My hands were trembling...he kept licking my hands, and unbeknown to him I could easily have been a dog meat eater."
China has made progress in recent months toward ending the dog meat trade, most significantly by confirming earlier this month that dogs are considered pets and not meat. While this is not in itself a ban on the trade, two cities — Shenzhen and Zhuhai — have banned the consumption of dog and cat meat.
Comment: The thing about official bans in China is that certain things are illegal on paper, and common in practice, like prostitution. So while the government may make certain statements about dog and cat meat, the facts on the ground are likely different. What's promising in the above report are the observations that there seems to be less supply and demand. For more on the topic, see: