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Peixian FanKuai Dog Meat Products Company's product packaging features 狗, the Chinese character for “dog.” A company that spent over two decades promoting dog meat as a local specialty has officially cancelled its food production license. After 22 years of business, Peixian FanKuai Dog Meat Products Company is no longer licensed to produce the dog meat products it once sold in local stores and airport gift shops. This is not the end of China’s dog meat trade. But it is a deve

Adoption event in Yulin We have an important update to share from our team in Yulin, a team that you helped build, a team that works year-round to create lasting change. Officials in Yulin have asked all government employees to sign a letter of commitment, a pledge promising that they will: Never consume or purchase dog meat, or attend banquets where dog meat is served. Recognize the special status of dogs as companion animals, respect their lives, treat animals kindly, and r

This is Yulin's most popular dog meat restaurant. First, the sign was changed from "Crispy Dog Meat Restaurant" to "Crispy Meat Restaurant." Now it's just "Restaurant." Something unexpected is happening in Yulin. Almost overnight, dog meat restaurants along the city’s main streets began removing the words “dog meat” from their signs. There are no dog meat vendors in two recently renovated Yulin markets. And that’s not all. Two infamous Yulin dog meat markets (DongKou and NanQ

Turning Tragedy Into a Movement for Compassion A large digital billboard featuring WangWang and her puppies was displayed at a soccer game in DaLian city in front of 60,000 fans. When WangWang, a mother dog in Guangdong Province, China, was brutally beaten, burned, and forced to watch as her four puppies were killed in front of her, people around the world were shocked and outraged. Guangzhou, near where this terrible act of cruelty happened, had the largest billboard. This

Summer is the perfect time to enjoy longer walks, hiking trails, and outdoor adventures with your dog. But while you’re soaking up the sunshine, there’s a hidden hazard lurking in fields, parks, and along trails: foxtails. Foxtails are the seed heads of certain grasses. While they may look harmless, their barbed shape makes them especially dangerous to dogs. Once they attach to your dog’s fur or skin, they can burrow deeper into the body instead of working their way back out.

The Yulin Dog Meat “Festival” lasts just one day. But the suffering behind it lasts all year. Trapped and terrified victims of the dog meat trade. Every June, as global attention turns to the Yulin Dog Meat “Festival,” one question comes up again and again: How long does it actually last? For years, misinformation has circulated claiming that the Yulin Dog Meat “Festival” spans seven or ten days. But when you ask the people who actually live and work in Yulin, the answer is