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Claudette King : By: Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing: Tuesday 18 June 2013 Chinese city dogged by criticism over dog-meat ... By: Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing: Tuesday 18 June 2013 Chinese city dogged by criticism over dog-meat festival.  People of Yulin, Guangxi province, cherish summer solstice tradition but animal rights groups denounce event as inhumane Chinese volunteers rescue dogs destined for dog-meat restaurants. In China, dog meat is prized as a nutritious wintertime dish. Photograph: Quirky China News/Rex Features Residents of a small city in southern China plan to hold an annual dog-meat festival on Friday amid intense criticism from animal rights groups, which have denounced the one-day event as unsafe and inhumane. Residents of Yulin in Guangxi province consider the festival an ancient summer solstice tradition. Many cherish their city's dog-meat culture, which involves the mass consumption of dog-meat hotpot served with lychees and strong grain liquor. Animal rights groups say 10,000 dogs are slaughtered during the festival each year, and that many are electrocuted, burned and skinned alive. Pictures posted online show flayed dogs, dogs hanging from meat hooks, and piles of dog corpses on the side of the road. In China dog meat is prized as a nutritious wintertime dish that doctors can prescribe to treat maladies such as impotence and poor circulation. Dog meat being prepared for sale in Yulin, Guangxi province. Photograph: Quirky China News/Rex Features Activists have tried to block the event on numerous occasions through open letters and street protests. Some have implored the UK and US governments to interfere with the festival via online petitions. "Please help us stop the Yulin Festival of eating dogs in Guangxi province. It is bloody and disregards life," a petition on the US White House website was titled. "They use knives to kill the dogs which are alive," it said, according to the South China Morning Post. "Then people would like to burn the dogs, which are conscious, so they can eat them." The petition was recently taken down because it failed to meet the 100,000 signature threshold required to elicit a response from the Obama administration. Chinese diners tuck into dog-meat hotpot in a restaurant in Yulin, Guangxi province. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex Features According to an open letter by the Hong Kong-based NGO Animals Asia, many of the dogs consumed during the festival are strays and abductees. Some are transported to the city on filthy, overcrowded trucks, significantly increasing the risk that they carry rabies and other contagious diseases. Yulin officials claim that the dogs are raised by local farmers. "Stolen dogs without quarantine certificates are cruelly slaughtered and sold to restaurants at very low prices," Master Huici, assistant director of the Hebei Buddhism Charity Foundation, told the state-run Global Times newspaper. Yulin officials did not pick up the phone on Tuesday afternoon, outside of working hours. Last month Chinese border officials seized 213 bear paws – an expensive ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine – and arrested two Russian citizens for trying to smuggle them into the country in vehicle tyres. 2 minutes ago - Via Google+ - View - Hilldale Shopping Center : Summer Solstice is Friday & Make Music Madison will be happening @HilldaleMadison! Check our lineup here:http... Summer Solstice is Friday & Make Music Madison will be happening @HilldaleMadison! Check our lineup here:http://ow.ly/m7AQ9 Events at Hilldale Shopping Center :: Make Music Madison :: Jun 21, 2013 View information about Make Music Madison :: Jun 21, 2013 5 minutes ago - Via HootSuite - View - Momo Cookieheart : I hope you guys have a great Summer Solstice tomorrow! I hope you guys have a great Summer Solstice tomorrow! 11 minutes ago - Via Community - View - Patrick Grandidier : Płagựє Đяєam MΛLLEVS MΛLΞFIC▲RVM will be released digitally this Friday, the Summer Solstice. Accompanied by a new single from us, and an extended EP from V▲LH▲LL. 18 minutes ago - Via Community - View - Anna Melka : 1/2 Price Shakes at Sonic, Thursday 6/20 (All Day) This Thursday, June 20th, celebrate the summer solstice a day early and get half price shakes at Sonic all day.  I love (LOOOOOVE) Sonic shakes!  CLICK HERE to read more about this event on Sonic's... 23 minutes ago - Via Google+ - View - Mike Singleton : Seven Days In: 18 More than halfway through June (it's already the 18th), and the Summer Solstice draws near . Than immediately makes me think of "Ring Out Solstice Bells" by Jethro Tull , which is essentially a winter song so I will stick with my original June's Tune, which is just based on the day and is going ... 32 minutes ago - Via Google+ - View - ParaYourNormal : Magick, Morocco, and the Summer Solstice http://wp.me/p3qRAb-g Magick, Morocco, and the Summer Solstice http://wp.me/p3qRAb-g Casablanca Cartomancy: Solstice Magick Summer Solstice, 2008: Marrakech, Morocco.  Noel Coward wrote that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.  Yet here I am, neither English nor mad, staggering about Marrakech’s pink... 40 minutes ago - Via HootSuite - View - Julie Schneider : "my days are best when Mikey has something interesting to figure out, something new to dissect or take... "my days are best when Mikey has something interesting to figure out, something new to dissect or take apart, a new tool with which to experiment. So I will make room in my kitchen for the cherry pitter and a dozen other kitchen tools, too." 40 minutes ago - Via Community - View - BUY IT SELL IT SWAP IT : Having a sale in my Etsy shop to celebrate the summer solstice! I have wonderful summer lightweight ... Having a sale in my Etsy shop to celebrate the summer solstice! I have wonderful summer lightweight jewelry, hand-painted candles for that romantic dinner, glycerin soaps to make you feel all clean and beautiful, Zen-like watercolors for the perfect sunlight days, eye-glass lanyards so you don't lose those great sunglasses you bought, photo cards to send to your friends, some real photographs and a bit more or less all made by myself. Check it out - OK - SALE STARTS NOW!!!! Use code SALE20 at checkout and get 20% off entire purchase for rest of this month! https://www.etsy.com/shop/EnchantedRoseProduct Check out the entire blog at http://valleerose.blogspot.com/ and learn how to lose weight, detox and make money all at the same time EnchantedRoseProduct SUMMER SOLSTICE SALE WITH CODE SALE 20 REST OF THIS MONTH OF JUNE! Just added new items to my shop for June: Swarovski beaded earrings, 44 minutes ago - Via Reshared Post - View - BnBFinder : How are you celebrating the #FirstDayofSummer ? Celebrate in sunny #SantaBarbara  at the #SummerSolstice... How are you celebrating the #FirstDayofSummer ? Celebrate in sunny #SantaBarbara  at the #SummerSolstice   #Celebration !  http://ow.ly/m9Uim  1 hour ago - Via Google+ - View - Philipp Kessler : Pagan Weekly News #98: Summer Solstice, Snowden & More Pagan Weekly News #98: Summer Solstice, Snowden & More Pagan Musings Podcast Channel 1 hour ago - Via Google+ - View - A Cleaner World : Friday is Summer Solstice! We’re celebrating summer by offering half off shorts if you drop off this ... Friday is Summer Solstice! We’re celebrating summer by offering half off shorts if you drop off this Friday and mention this to the CSR. 1 hour ago - Via HootSuite - View - Kathryn Nokony : National Aboriginal Day on June 21 In cooperation with national Aboriginal organizations, the Government... National Aboriginal Day on June 21 In cooperation with national Aboriginal organizations, the Government of Canada designated June 21 National Aboriginal Day. This date was chosen because it corresponds to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and because for generations, many Aboriginal groups have celebrated their culture and heritage at this time of year. National Aboriginal Day is a wonderful opportunity to become better acquainted with the cultural diversity of Inuit, Métis and First Nations peoples, discover the unique accomplishments of Aboriginal peoples in fields as varied as agriculture, the environment and the arts, and celebrate their significant contribution to Canadian society. Share in the celebration! National Aboriginal Day website 1 hour ago - Via Community - View - Will Schneider : Hello!! Mark the Summer Solstice with a special two-hour  yoga jam! -Join us as Christine & Will tag-... Hello!! Mark the Summer Solstice with a special two-hour  yoga jam! -Join us as Christine & Will tag-team teach an open level,  yin-yang, Vinyasa flow practice set to a one-night-only  playlist mash-up!  -Celebrate the midpoint of the year with both movement  and stillness, then PARTY!* under the stars with your  friends, teachers and fellow yogis in NYLY's patio garden. SPACE is Limited to 30ppl (we are over half full already) YOGA: 6-8pm *Party: 8-11pm $25 by June 21st  $35 on June 22nd and at the door *Party = BYOB & Potluck We will have some basics, but bring a dish and favorite beverage to share. CHECKOUT the link below to Pre-REGISTER ABOUT:  Christine & Will are both totally hooked on yoga, music,  having a good time... and more yoga. They were always sharing music and pose variations with each other anyway, so of course they had to have a yoga party! NY Loves Yoga Schedule, Upper West Side, NY Loves Yoga :: Come practice yoga with us @ 10024 Latest News & Updates. GOOD HEALTH IS IMPORTANT 1 hour classes! M-F 12:30, 5:15 & 8PM $12 with summer special card. FEEL, DO AND BE YOUR BEST Join Marco Rojas. Tues & Thurs 6:30-7:45 PM Sat 11-12:30 PM Sun 2:15-3:45 PM. REGENERATE body, mind, and spirit. Register for a workshop ... 1 hour ago - Via Google+ - View - Siren School (l'Ecole Sirene) : This looks like the perfect pool to dive into today #sun #summer #solstice #midsummer This looks like the perfect pool to dive into today #sun #summer #solstice #midsummer 1 hour ago - Via HootSuite - View - Joy Leftow :  performing here: Friday/viernes, June 21 Reading & Music/Lectura y Música: Spoken Word & Music at the...  performing here: Friday/viernes, June 21 Reading & Music/Lectura y Música: Spoken Word & Music at the Fallen Flagpole: Celebrate the Summer Solstice 7:00 - 10:00 pm, Flagpole at Ft. Tryon Park on Linden Terrace, 190 St. & Ft. Washington 1 hour ago - Via Reshared Post - View - percilia giaquinto : Yoga in Times Square for the Summer Solstice Yoga in Times Square for the Summer Solstice 1 hour ago - Via Reshared Post - View -