More than
10 million dogs are killed for human consumption every year in China, including more than 10,000 slaughtered at a horrific event known as the Yulin dog meat festival.
This trade involves animal cruelty, criminal activity including theft of pets, and serious risk to human health, with the World Health Organization linking the trade to cholera and rabies.
U.S. Rep. Alcee L. Hastings has introduced a resolution condemning China's dog meat trade and the annual dog meat festival that takes place in Yulin on June 21. H. Res. 752 calls on the Chinese government and Yulin authorities to
end the dog meat trade and to better enforce food safety and animal transportation laws.
Sign and urge your representative to cosponsor H. Res. 752 to help end the cruelty taking place in Yulin and call for an end to the dog meat trade in China.Dear Representative,
More than 10 million dogs are killed for human consumption every year in China, including more than 10,000 slaughtered at a horrific event known as the Yulin dog meat festival.
This trade involves animal cruelty, criminal activity including theft of pets, and serious risk to human health, with the World Health Organization linking the trade to cholera and rabies.
Please cosponsor H. Res. 752, introduced by Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, to raise awareness of U.S. opposition to the cruelty taking place in Yulin and call for an end to the dog meat trade in China. If you're already a cosponsor, thank you for your support.
[Your Comment]
The resolution does the following:
1. Condemns the dog meat festival in Yulin;
2. Urges the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to enforce the 2011 Agriculture Ministry of China Regulation that requires "one certificate for one dog" on board trucks transporting dogs for human consumption that cross provincial boundaries;
3. Encourages the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to enforce China's food safety laws regulating the processing and sale of animal products, which should preclude dog meat trade activity;
4. Urges the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to impose a ban on the killing and eating of dogs as part of Yulin's festival;
5. Urges the National People's Congress of China to enact an anti-animal cruelty law with provisions banning the dog meat trade; and
6. Affirms the commitment of the United States to the protection of animals and to the progress of animal protection around the world.
I hope you will lend your support to this important message by cosponsoring Rep. Hastings' resolution and doing all you can to get it passed.
Thank you.
[Your Name]
