October 27, 2021 3503 International Place NW Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Mr. Tianki:
Do you love dogs? Do you wish you could have one as a pet? Well, if you live in China, you can ’ t! While most people love and keep dogs as pets, every year China has a festival called Yulin, where they eat dogs. This leads to people scared to keep pets in China, violating animal rights, and rallies are held to support these dogs. If so many dogs die each year, how will we love and keep them as pets? One reason why China should end its festival is that people have started to get scared to keep dogs. A three - year - old girl from Hong Kong named Juliana Liu was told she was going shopping. When she came back with her mom, she found her dog, Doggie, being cooked. Everyone thought she would just forget about it, and move on. But those people were very, very wrong because she still hasn ’ t forgotten, even forty - three years later. She even talked about it recently, because she works for Hong Kong ’ s BBC News Channel. Why would you want to keep a dog in China on that account, especially around Yulin? As well as that, China should end its festival because it violates animal rights. Every year, a million dogs are killed just for Yulin. These poor animals die just for food when they could be living in a comfortable house, living with a family who makes sure they get a great, long life. But, of course, that doesn ’ t happen when Yulin comes around. It ’ s the same thing as kidnapping a dog and then killing it. I don ’ t think anyone would want that to happen to their dog. And especially if they get killed just for food? Finally, China should end its festival because people are working very hard to support the dogs, and China still de- cided to have its festival. One animal campaign group, Humane Society International, started a petition to stop Yulin and got eleven million signatures. But China still chose to hold its precious Yulin. Chinese animal activists even had a pro dog rally, and dressed up as colorful animals, and walked through the streets of China. But China still decided to celebrate Yulin. China should end its dog eating festival. I know you celebrate it because it ’ s a tradition, and that ’ s great that you kept that tradition going, but maybe now that you know that it is causing people to fear keeping pets, violating ani- mal rights, and people holding rallies to stop Yulin, you could consider ending it. After all, “ A dog teaches you un- conditional love. If you can have that in life, things can ’ t be too bad. ” - Robert Wagner.
Sincerely, Ayla Felder Fifth Grade Dallas, Texas
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