10,000 Dogs To Be Butchered As Yulin Dog Meat Festival Begins In China Amid Protests

The controversial 10-day dog meat festival has begun in China's southern city of Yulin. This year, about 10,000 dogs and cats are expected to be butchered amid extensive opposition from animal rights activists from all over the world.

A report from Global Times said ahead of the dog meat festival, restaurants in Yulin covered and hid "dog" signages on their restaurants to avoid trouble and being mobbed by protesters.

"They know it is something disgraceful, so they try to cover the name," Wang Xiaojun, senior communications manager at international animal rights group World Animal Protection, told the Global Times on Sunday.