中国一年一度举行的广西玉林狗肉节，每年都会屠杀近3000只狗。幸运地，在动物保护组织的极力抗争下，当地政府今年禁止售卖狗肉。如果有餐馆、摊贩及商人违反规定贩卖狗肉的话，最高可被罚款10万元人民币 (约43万元新台币)，以及有被捕的风险。
根据《每日邮报》，禁售令将在6月15日、狗肉节开幕的一个礼拜前实施。事实上，吃狗肉在中国很常见，中国每年约有1000-2000万只狗和400万只猫被宰杀，然后被煮成传统菜肴供民众食用。
去年，美国动保分子Marc Ching曾去中国的屠宰场，试图拯救更多的狗狗。根据他的脸书讯息，他跟他的同伴已拯救了超过1000只狗狗。
This is live. This is now: The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, and The Tree of Life – we just rescued over 1000 dogs from Yulin. A thousand breaths that would die here in the dark. A thousand lives that would bleed like blood left there upon ground. These dogs, they are brothers. They are sisters. They are fathers and mothers. They are children. They deserve a chance. All life deserves chance. The Compassion Project. If it is about one thing, it is about that as human beings, we were meant to love. We were meant to breathe life. We were meant to be – better then who we are. Speak out. Hold hands. Love the Earth. And rescue. Because in the end, even we need rescuing. (Thank you Tree Of Life for teaming with us to make this possible. Thank you XiaoFang and our Nanning team for your hard and enduring work. Thank you to our Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation volunteers. Real people that left their families – to stand here and sacrifice for the cause. Unreal.) #TheCompassionProject #animalhopeandwellness #SpeakTheTruth
Posted by The Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation on 2016年6月21日
他拯救狗狗的方法，包括从卖家那里买狗、说服屠宰场业主放弃卖狗等等，他也会想办法协助卖狗的店家建立其他的业务。当然，很多人都拒绝他的提议，他也甚至曾被警方叫停问话。
People dreamed about this. People signed petitions and protested. People wrote their congressman and government. People filled the streets and stood in unison. Well that dream, it is becoming reality. We have shut down six slaughterhouses, have five pending, and are on our way to visit a dozen more. To those that thought it was impossible – it is becoming possible. For people who cried and screamed into the night, hope remains. The reality of shutting down a festival where 10,000 dogs die, is that you have thousands of lives that need rescue. We cannot do this alone. I have till tomorrow to save the lives that need saving. The world wanted the festival to end, and we are here trying to end it. We need local rescues to step in. I can take 100 dogs, maybe 200. But that is all. Literally we have the smallest foundation on Earth. It is just me and my director Valarie Ianniello. There are groups that are a hundred times greater then we. There are hundreds of organizations that petitioned and stood out in protest. This is the time. Do not desert the cause you asked the world to defend. Do not leave us here by ourselves. Do not abandon the mission. Note: For those that want to help rescue these dogs and shutdown Yulin, please donate. #TheCompassionProject #marcching #TheHeartOfRescue #animalhopeandwellness
Posted by The Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation on 2016年6月20日
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