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Vietnam cat and dog meat

Vietnamese government wants to phase out cat and dog meat

The National Assembly of Vietnam is the highest government organisation and the highest-level representative body of the people of Vietnam and the excellent news from The Phuket News of Sunday, July 16, 2023, is that this body wants to “tackle [the] dog and cat meat trade”. It’s a rather vague headline. I would rather see …

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Chinese hijack Twitter manipulating their search engine

Chinese hijack Twitter search for ‘dogs’ to present dating websites

For the past few days, if you search on Twitter for information about dogs by typing ‘dogs’ into the search box on Twitter you get reams of Chinese uploads of pretty girls. They seem to be dating websites in China but that is a big guess as Google Translate can’t translate the Chinese (which is …

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Yulin cat and dog meat festival

“Opposing dog meat consumption is hypocritical” – Weibo users discuss dog meat

In China an estimated 10 million to 20 million dogs are killed annually for the dog meat industry in the country. In the UK around 10 million pigs are killed annually for consumption. This statistic provides a comparison. Dogs in China can be considered to be ‘free livestock’. No farming costs. Just roundup and transportation …

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