“I’m looking forward to a peaceful life,” said Mr. Huang in a statement, translated by Humane World for Animals. “I have been killing dogs for almost 20 years. It’s a dirty business and I don’t feel good about it.”
He added, “I am relieved to be leaving it behind me and having a more stable living. Without the support from this program, I would not have been able to make this life change but I think a lot more dog meat businesses in Yulin would choose to close if they had this kind of support.”
At the time of the closure, nine dogs set to be slaughtered on the property were saved, including three that were still wearing collars, indicating to Vshine that they were “clearly stolen pets,” the organization claimed.
The business’s closure comes less than two weeks before the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival. Despite the rhetoric surrounding the title of “festival” — aligning it with Chinese cultural celebrations like the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival — HWA notes that the dog meat festival is a comparatively very recent event and has no obvious cultural roots.
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