It's that time of the year, again. An event that has proven as divisive for ATRLers (with some defending the practice for cultural reasons and/or criticizing pork-or-beef-eating detractors for what they see as hypocrisy) and people out there in the real world.
Here's an interesting news article looking at both sides of the debate.
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China dog meat festival: Is it really so bad to eat dog?
(CNN)I The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China sets off a global debate on animal welfare and the limits of multicultural tolerance.
In previous years some 10,000 dogs have been slaughtered and eaten over the 10-day festival.
In the West, reaction is divided between those who vigorously condemn the festival and those who claim that it is a kind of cultural imperialism to judge China by our own values.
Both are half-right and half-wrong.
Take the critics of the festival first. There is certainly plenty for them to truly indignant about.
There is a belief among some that the dog meat tastes better if the animal is slaughtered when distressed, and there are even accusations that the animals are sometimes skinned alive.
Although dog eating is a tradition in parts of China, the Yulin festival was only started in 2009 and is not endorsed by the local government.
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The way they torture and skin them alive is just...
