Pet ownership surging in China but still no general animal welfare law!

It is astonishing to report that China’s government still refuses to countenance the possibility of introducing animal welfare legislation despite the conclusion from the 2020 Pet Industry Report that the number of pet owners in China have increased from 73.15 million in 2017 to 99.15 million in 2019. It is projected that there will …

Read more

China’s Shenzhen bans eating cats and dogs, encouraged by the coronavirus crisis

Cat and dog meat to be banned from Shenzhen from May 1st 2020

NEWS/OPINION: Something good has come out of the coronavirus crisis. In fact, I would argue, that a lot of good has come out of it (and will do) although at present it looks extremely dire. In February I wrote about the city of Shenzhen and how they were preparing to ban the eating of …

Read more

City of Shenzhen, China prepares to ban cat and dog meat

Eating cat and dog meat in Yulin

NEWS AND OPINION – SHENZHEN, CHINA: The city administrators of the metropolis called Shenzhen in southeastern China, with a population of 12.5 million, is preparing to ban cat and dog meat in light of the coronavirus which is believed to have been caused by the slaughtering of wild animals at a live animal market …

Read more

At last America puts pressure on China to end the cat meat trade

Cat horrors. Chinese meat festival

The United States of America’s House of Representatives (“The House”) has issued a non-binding resolution urging other nations to end the cat and dog meat trade. The countries The resolution asks the governments of India, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea and China to ban the consumption of feral, stray and …

Read more

follow it link and logo