>>10137702>He didn't read the rest of the articleIn 2016, 1,000 dogs were rescued from the festival; the previous week 34 animals (21 dogs, eight puppies, and five cats and kittens) were rescued from a slaughter facility in Yulin by Humane Society International.[10] Another 1,000 dogs were saved by Chinese activists in 2017.[11]
In 2017, over 1,300 dogs were rescued by activists. After a tip, a truck transporting the dogs was blocked. Police confirmed that the majority of the dogs were stolen and not allowed for consumption, allowing volunteers to rescue the dogs. Up to 40% of the dogs also carried infectious diseases.[12]
Millions of Chinese in 2016 voted in support of a legislative proposal by Zhen Xiaohe, a deputy to the National People's Congress of China, to ban the dog meat trade.[13] A petition in China at the very same year with 11 million signatures garnered calling to end the festival was presented to Yulin government offices in Beijing.[14] Reports from 2014 and 2016 have also suggested that the majority of Chinese both on and offline disapprove of the festival.[15][16][17] Chinese celebrities such as Fan Bingbing, Chen Kun, Sun Li and Yang Mi have also publicly expressed a distaste for the event.[4][18]
