Dog Meat Trade Cruelty

EDM number 159 in 2014-15, proposed by John McDonnell on 23/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare, Asia and International trade.

That this House calls for an immediate end to dog meat trade cruelty; supports the Humane Society International's campaign to end the dog meat trade by working with government officials and local organisations in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and China to raise public awareness and strengthen laws related to this trade; and calls on the Chinese government and Yulin and Guangxi officials to stop the Yulin dog meat festival where thousands of dogs are being cruelly bound, confined, trucked and slaughtered for meat.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs.