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China's annual dog meat festival this year in Yulin faces more scrutiny than ever after animal rights groups send Beijing a petition with 11 million signatures protesting the practice as barbaric and cruel. Mana Rabiee reports.
Dame Judi Dench has backed a campaign to stop China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival, branding the trade "cruel".
Animal rights activists calling for an end to the slaughter and eating of dogs at a Chinese festival delivered a petition with 11 million signatures to authorities in Beijing on Friday.
Butchers slice up man's best friend for a traditional dog meat festival which has become increasingly controversial as animal rights awareness grows in China. Soren Larson reports.