Page 18 - Animals Asia Review 2017

Cat and Dog Welfare

Dogs taken off the menu
Shanghai Focus Neuter group’s trap,
neuter, return project is having a big
70%
one of China’s largest food-delivery services Ele.me has
banned businesses that sell dog meat. Almost 300 vendors
impact, with
of street
and over 7,700 meal options have been deleted from the app.
cats in several areas of the city now de-
sexed. Just one of the many reasons your
Even though Ele.me cited food safety as the reason, the precious gifts are so vital.

decision is a major win for animal welfare. It means many
thousands of dogs will be spared the terror of theft from their ‘Four years ago, 10,000 dogs were
homes or the streets, incarceration in cruel tiny cages and a
slaughtered at the annual Yulin dog meat
horrendous death, often by bludgeoning with a heavy stick.
festival. Today, thanks to your support,
The yulin dog meat festival (and why
thousands fewer dogs are killed and local
we won’t buy the dogs)
’oficials refuse to promote it.

heart-breaking images from the bloody yulin dog meat
Irene Feng
festival make world news for a week each summer. And then
the sickening slaughter is over for another year.... only it’s not.
China Cat and Dog Welfare Director

Sadly the abuse and killing continues day after day in Yulin, and all Friend and healer
around China. Right now terriied dogs are facing a brutal death.

Dr huige couldn’t be happier – among children dispensing
That’s why we’re ighting for the dogs every day of the year.
his special brand of unconditional love. Huige joined a visit

We’re doing all we can to end the suffering, but there’s one to over 30 children from poor rural areas of Sichuan province,
thing we won’t do. We won’t buy the dogs.
where rabies control is a serious issue.

Buying large numbers of dogs from traders might save those As well as learning how to approach dogs and care for them,
dogs (if there’s a shelter to take them in) but others will just take the children were also introduced to the importance of rabies
vaccination. Our thanks to local NGO, Tomorrow Sunshine, for
their place – stolen from their families or snatched from the
streets. The traders will win.
organising the event.

The problem would be overwhelming if it wasn’t for
your support.

But because of you, we have millions of Chinese people helping
to end the suffering of cats and dogs. We have government
oficials asking for our guidance to deal with exploding stray
populations. And we have over 150 animal welfare organisations

working with us around the country.

Dr Huige shows disadvantaged children that dogs belong on
their laps, not their dinner plates.

Rosina Maria Arquati of Hong
Kong’s Animal Talk has
sponsored bears Snoopy and

Dog meat is eaten all year round in China.
Harley for over ive years. An
animal communicator, Rosina is
always happy to offer her

services to help raise funds at
our events for dogs and other Grateful thanks to actors oscar ortega Sánchez, Erol
animals. Thank you Rosina, Sander and Arnel Taci from the thrilling German TV

animal whisperer and kindest
detective series “Istanbul Homicide” for supporting our
of souls.
campaign to end dog eating.

18 Animals Asia Review 2016