Imagine you are in your dining room waiting for your parents to bring out dinner. When you ask your mom what’s for dinner, she responds that it is dog meat. Could you imagine it being normal to eat dog meat in your country? Or even having a festival celebrate it? In China, it is legal to be able to eat dog meat. Not only that, but they also annually celebrate the Yulin Dog meat festival. As you could imagine, people have very different opinions on this. Some believe that this is completely wrong and are trying to pass laws against this. On the other hand, people believe that there is nothing wrong with this practice of eating dog meat. The Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China causes controversy based on if it should be legal or not, whether it is to general sanitary, and different beliefs on this in general.
In China, the Yulin dog meat festival is annually celebrated from June 21 until June 30 annually. They started celebrating this festival in 1900’s, but the people in this area had always been eating dog meat. Jack Linshi from the New York Times says that in winter, dog meat is eaten because the …show more content…
There are no current laws that say you cannot eat or sell dog meat. However, there are laws regulating where the dogs come from and how they are prepared (even though these are not always followed). One law that people in china are trying to pass would make a huge fine for eating dog meat. ____ from _____ said that this fine could be up to as much as $10,000. In conclusion, even though tons of people are moving towards stopping the dog meat trade, it still isn’t completely over and it still is a very controversial topic because of the different opinions, law issues, and if it is sanitary. Maybe, one day the world will come to some kind of agreement and either save your precious puppies, or stick to their very important culture and
In China, the Yulin dog meat festival is annually celebrated from June 21 until June 30 annually. They started celebrating this festival in 1900’s, but the people in this area had always been eating dog meat. Jack Linshi from the New York Times says that in winter, dog meat is eaten because the …show more content…
There are no current laws that say you cannot eat or sell dog meat. However, there are laws regulating where the dogs come from and how they are prepared (even though these are not always followed). One law that people in china are trying to pass would make a huge fine for eating dog meat. ____ from _____ said that this fine could be up to as much as $10,000. In conclusion, even though tons of people are moving towards stopping the dog meat trade, it still isn’t completely over and it still is a very controversial topic because of the different opinions, law issues, and if it is sanitary. Maybe, one day the world will come to some kind of agreement and either save your precious puppies, or stick to their very important culture and