China’s Dog Meat Festival May Have to Cancel the Dog, Activists Saybr By AMY QINMAY 18, 2017br BEIJING — Animal rights advocates are reporting a victory in their fight against an annual dog meat festival in China, sayingbr that officials in the southern city of Yulin had agreed to ban the sale of dog meat in the week before the event.br The Humane Society International and the Duo Duo Project, an animal advocacy group based in California, announcedbr news of the ban on Thursday, citing reports from Chinese animal rights advocates and dog meat traders in Yulin.br " — Yulin’s main market for the meat — "and they all said the same thing: a seven-day ban on dog meat sales starting on June 15." It remains to be seen to what extent a ban will be enforced.br that But my source spoke with every single one of the dog meat vendors at Dongkoubr But this ban suggests that the government is becoming more serious about taking action in a determined way." Animalbr rights supporters were calling it a "milestone victory" in the campaign to end the consumption of dogs in China.br The ban is the latest development in what has become a highly charged standoffbr between animal welfare advocates and residents and dog meat vendors in Yulin.