Chinese Woman Travels 1,500 Miles And Pays $1,100 To Save 100 Dogs From Chinese Dog-Eating Festival
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Yulin, a city in southern China, celebrates the summer solstice by throwing a festival that involves the slaughter and consumption of as many as 10,000 dogs. Not everyone in China supports such practices, however; 65-year-old Yang Xiaoyun, a retired teacher who runs a dog shelter in Tianjin, traveled more than 2,400 km (1,500 miles) and spent more than 7,000 yuan ($1,100 or €990) to do a dog rescue operation.
Parts of China have long-standing traditions surrounding the consumption of dog meat, though this seems to be more focused in southern China. This year’s Yulin Festival, held on June 20th, has drawn extraordinary ire from the international community, using the trending #stopYulin2015 hashtag to proclaim their condemnation of the animal abuse festival. Activists in China, Xiaoyun included, have also responded, accusing the festival organizers of unnecessary cruelty and torture.
Though the public conversation about this controversial part of Chinese culture continues, it’s nice to see that there are people like Xiaoyun who are taking real action against eating animals!
*UPDATE: 2016.04.11* A reader has written in painting an alternate picture of Mrs. Yang’s operation. Poor and unsanitary living conditions, along with misuse of funds, are among the claims made. Concerned readers can make up their own mind before donating by reading the blog entry here.
(h/t: TIME, Blogspot, news.163.com)
This is Yang Xiaoyun, a 65-year-old retired teacher who wants to stop dog slaughter in China
Every year, 10,000 dogs are eaten at the traditional Chinese Yulin festival
Image credits: Reuters
Many have accused the organizers of unnecessary cruelty when cooking the dogs
Image credits: AP/Humane Society International
Yang decided to travel 1,500 miles to Yulin and spent 7,000 yuan ($1,100) to rescue 100 dogs from being slaughtered
Here she sits next to a cage with poor dogs that she just bought from dog-meat dealers
She runs a shelter called ‘Common Home,’ which is home to more than 1,000 dogs
Many of the dogs require medical attention, which she provides
Her shelter depends on volunteers and donations to operate
Yang makes steamed corn bread twice a day to feed the dogs, which is all she can afford
It’s always a special treat for all of the animals when volunteers come and visit
She tries to give them treats every weekend
Attitudes towards dog and cat consumption in China are changing, but some of these traditions have deep roots
Image credits: AP/Humane Society International
Image credits: Animals Asia
UPDATE: According to this blog, you can donate to Xiaoyun here:
Direct Bank Wire Transfer to Ms. Yang’s Bank
Name: Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行）
Bank Account City: Tianjin (开户城市－天津）
Bank Account No.: 0302845001009282956
Account Name: Ai Yun YANG （杨爱云）
Xiaoyun Yang’s Cell Phone: 13164073263
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Could the author post details as to where/how we could donate to this woman's shelter?
We've added some info to the bottom of the post, check it out!
Hi Dovas, can anyone verify that those bank details are actually hers? Apart from the website FALC.
Yes, but her name is Yang XiaoYun and NOT Yang AiYun (the info about donation account), how do we verify this? We don't want our money go in vain!
Great Post Dovas! There is also petition on their website. Petition1: http://itsnofestival.animalsasia.org/ Petition2: https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china-stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
This is a SCAM!!!! She does not give a flying F**K about dogs and has spent the money on herself!!! Read here: https://notodogmeat.blog/2015/11/24/notodogmeats-site-visit-to-mrs-yang-in-china-august-2015/
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015 I donated today
Here, i found it on Indiantimes, check this out http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
This woman's generosity is boundles!! It brought tears to my eyes as I was scrolling through the pictures. I have a cat and I'm a big animal lover. Thank you for rescuing these dogs and doing what you can to provide a home for them.
Just gonna point out that I've never heard a Hindu tell me not to eat a cow... just saying
And you would boil or burn a cow alive? or keep them stuffed into crates where they can't move or breath and then be killed in front of each other.....just saying
It's not about becoming a vegetarian you idiot ...iam veggie so I can say nothing dies for me to live however ...the point is how the animal is treated they are bound with tape held down and blow touched you need to read more before you make a stupid comment ...can you even imagine the pain the animal feels...burning your arm on a hot grill is painful yes ? ...well thease dogs and cats are blow touched wriggling to stop the pain which doesn't stop ...they become unconcious due to the pain but only for a minute then they wake again still being blow touched in the face the back the genitals the footage I seen took a cat over 15 mj utes of that tourtured before it actually died they only die because the heart gives out some go on and on I've seen footage if a fog after being blown sitting up no hair burns like you have never seen on anything that can still be alive it's little mouth was bleeding it's eyes were open and it was still alive ......
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Not for disrespect or anything but this also happens to cows, chickens, and pigs in America... so is it just the fact that dogs are cute which makes this a pressing issue?
in my humble opinion... cows, chickens, and pigs are farm animals.. while dogs and cats are pet animals. other than... it's not about the cuteness of the dogs.. the issue also follow how they treat unnecessary cruelty to the dogs and cats even before cooking process...
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Your cat eats animals who were caged just like the dogs you are crying for...
And does your cat blow torch or boil them alive for a 'better flavour' like what happens at the festival – You have a very fitting surname 'DICK!'
So go do something to help them instead of telling others that they shouldn't care about cats and dogs..
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Ivan is right. Do your due diligence. Open your other eye.
yes haw can we help her? is there a contact detail or anywhere we can give donations to her?
Yes, at the end of the article all the bank information and her cell number is posted.
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
the URL is already canceled. is there any other contact details? thank you.
Could the author post details as to where/how we could donate to this woman's shelter?
We've added some info to the bottom of the post, check it out!
Hi Dovas, can anyone verify that those bank details are actually hers? Apart from the website FALC.
Yes, but her name is Yang XiaoYun and NOT Yang AiYun (the info about donation account), how do we verify this? We don't want our money go in vain!
Great Post Dovas! There is also petition on their website. Petition1: http://itsnofestival.animalsasia.org/ Petition2: https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china-stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
This is a SCAM!!!! She does not give a flying F**K about dogs and has spent the money on herself!!! Read here: https://notodogmeat.blog/2015/11/24/notodogmeats-site-visit-to-mrs-yang-in-china-august-2015/
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015 I donated today
Here, i found it on Indiantimes, check this out http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
This woman's generosity is boundles!! It brought tears to my eyes as I was scrolling through the pictures. I have a cat and I'm a big animal lover. Thank you for rescuing these dogs and doing what you can to provide a home for them.
Just gonna point out that I've never heard a Hindu tell me not to eat a cow... just saying
And you would boil or burn a cow alive? or keep them stuffed into crates where they can't move or breath and then be killed in front of each other.....just saying
It's not about becoming a vegetarian you idiot ...iam veggie so I can say nothing dies for me to live however ...the point is how the animal is treated they are bound with tape held down and blow touched you need to read more before you make a stupid comment ...can you even imagine the pain the animal feels...burning your arm on a hot grill is painful yes ? ...well thease dogs and cats are blow touched wriggling to stop the pain which doesn't stop ...they become unconcious due to the pain but only for a minute then they wake again still being blow touched in the face the back the genitals the footage I seen took a cat over 15 mj utes of that tourtured before it actually died they only die because the heart gives out some go on and on I've seen footage if a fog after being blown sitting up no hair burns like you have never seen on anything that can still be alive it's little mouth was bleeding it's eyes were open and it was still alive ......
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Not for disrespect or anything but this also happens to cows, chickens, and pigs in America... so is it just the fact that dogs are cute which makes this a pressing issue?
in my humble opinion... cows, chickens, and pigs are farm animals.. while dogs and cats are pet animals. other than... it's not about the cuteness of the dogs.. the issue also follow how they treat unnecessary cruelty to the dogs and cats even before cooking process...
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Your cat eats animals who were caged just like the dogs you are crying for...
And does your cat blow torch or boil them alive for a 'better flavour' like what happens at the festival – You have a very fitting surname 'DICK!'
So go do something to help them instead of telling others that they shouldn't care about cats and dogs..
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Ivan is right. Do your due diligence. Open your other eye.
yes haw can we help her? is there a contact detail or anywhere we can give donations to her?
Yes, at the end of the article all the bank information and her cell number is posted.
this is the active, official fundraiser page that converts any money no matter the country http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/yulin2015
the URL is already canceled. is there any other contact details? thank you.