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Meet Gemma, a young Duo Duo volunteer dedicated to stopping the dog meat trade
Gemma, aka Prancing Silver Blossom, is the latest young activist taking our world by storm with her Don’t Eat Dog Meat campaign. Gemma is...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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COLD, HARD FACTS ABOUT THE YULIN FESTIVAL IN CHINA
In this blog, part two of six of our Yulin Festival series, we will look at statistics from on-the-ground activists and animal welfare...
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Starbucks will be opening a cafe in Yulin - here's why we're concerned
Our contact in Yulin just informed us that Starbucks is opening a store in Yulin, and it's a big move that has caught our attention. Why...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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HOW A SPAY & NEUTER PROGRAM IN CHINA CAN HELP END THE ILLEGAL DOG MEAT TRADE
WHY SPAYING AND NEUTERING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DUO DUO PROJECT A crude fact: a more plentiful supply of dogs and cats means a...
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Duo Duo Project has a year round campaign in Yulin: Yulin365.
Because unfortunately, some Yulin people eat dogs year- round, not just on the "festival" summer solstice. Our team works on the ground...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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WHERE DOES THE DOG SUPPLY FOR THE YULIN FESTIVAL COME FROM?
Last, week, in part 2 of this series, we learned how over 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are slaughtered each year in China. So...
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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More Updates from Yulin
Some positive things happened in Yulin after this year's dog meat festival. We like to tell you about the following 2 incidents which...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE TO THE YULIN FESTIVAL WITHIN CHINA?
In Part 3 of the Yulin series, we saw how a large percentage of dogs that end up in the dog-meat trade are stolen pets, and how the...
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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The Truth About The Yulin Dog Eating Festival, In China
Learn about how the infamous Yulin Dog Meat Festival began. Join us in the fight to end the dog and cat meat trade forever.
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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HOW LONG IS THE YULIN FESTIVAL IN CHINA?
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation around the Yulin festival in China, and none more so than how it is often labelled as a...
Jennifer McDevitt
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Volunteer Spotlight - A-Mei
"I grew up eating dog meat and didn't really think much about it until I started working at Duo Duo Project's shelter " - A-Mei, our...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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The worrying resurgence in Yulin’s dog meat trade (Part 1)
In the current day, the dog meat trade is increasingly being faced with disapproval even in areas such as Yulin where the trade is most...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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UPDATE: We helped to rebuild this AnHui dog shelter with YOUR help!
In July of this year, Duo Duo reported on a tragic flooding of a dog shelter in the AnHui province of China. The flood destroyed the An...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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Volunteer Spotlight - Marcia Huyette
It's Women's History Month! During the month of March, we plan to spotlight our female volunteers around the world. We kick off our...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Volunteer Spotlight - Qi Qi
"I have never heard this type of miserable crying from dogs. I felt like I was in Hell." - Qi Qi, a Beijing volunteer. This is how Qi...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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BREAKING: 238 cats and 17 dogs rescued from hidden market shop in Jiangmen
On March 7th, approximately 238 cats and 17 dogs were rescued from a hidden shop in a market in Jiangmen (江門), 800 miles from where a cat...
Andrea Gung
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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FUTURE TNR TRAINING IN CHINESE CITIES
TNR (Trap, Neuter, and Release) has been well-practiced in cities that have large stray cat populations like Beijing and Shanghai for...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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CHRISTMAS IN YULIN
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have not been able to go to China. So we like to share some warm memories of a big Christmas event we...
Jun Ong
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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NO MORE DOGMEAT ON TO GO MENUS
Thanks to DuoDuo team, our donors, and local animal organizations in China, dogmeat has been removed from all food delivery services....
Jun Ong
Jun 8, 20232 min read
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The one question we always get...
"Why do we need to care about the dogs in the dog meat trade in Asia when we have so many dogs in our own shelters?" This is a question...
Andrea Gung
Jun 8, 20231 min read
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