A GOLDEN RETRIEVER LEFT BEHIND IN YULIN
- Jun Ong
- Jun 8, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 16
Years ago, while in Yulin — where the infamous Dog Meat "Festival" is held, Duo Duo Project's Founder, Andrea Gung, met an 8-year-old boy named Xiao-Yi. At that time, he was terrified of dogs. So when she received a photo of him and a golden retriever, she was almost in tears.
He wrote that this gentle golden retriever, GeGe, made him fall in love with dogs.
In 2014, one day after the horrible Dog Meat "Festival," Andrea was getting ready to leave Yulin with a broken heart when a young woman, a protest organizer, called.
She told Andrea that she had just rescued a golden retriever from a slaughterhouse. She wanted to know if Andrea could bring the dog back to the U.S. Andrea rushed over to see what she could do to help..
When she got there, Mr. Guang, a young man who had also helped Duo Duo Project during the "festival," was there. He expressed a desire to keep the golden retriever because he felt a special connection to her. He had already named her GeGe (Princess).
Andrea wanted to say no because the last place in the world to leave a dog behind is Yulin. But when she saw the bonding between them, she gave in. She told Mr. Guang, "If it doesn't work out, let me know right away, and I will get GeGe out of Yulin in no time."
Mr. Guang reports that GeGe has played with at least ten thousand kids in Yulin, kids like Xiao-Yi.
Looking back now, Andrea is glad she left GeGe in Yulin to be with Mr. Guang. Teaching children in dog-eating cities to be compassionate towards animals will help put an end to the dog meat trade.
Merci pour tout ce que vous faites , ne baissez jamais les bras , ici en France , nos animaux sont des membres de la famille , nous les aimons comme nos propres enfants et je prie pour qu il en soit de même partout dans le monde ....Grâce à vous cela se réalisera ❤️
Thankyou for the amazing job that you do!!!! God bless you!!!Please look after your dogs world people,and end the cruelty and suffering now and unite as much as possible!!!.
helping and protecting dogs in Yulin, where dog eating has a cult following, is very hard. I do hope that this golden retriever is happy and safe in Yulin.
It's hard to know what to say . This is an oasis in a desert of horror. What a beautiful dog. In the UK golden retrievers are very popular as family dogs for their lovely temperaments and joyful attitude on life. How did this dog get to be in a slaughterhouse??? I think it must be stressed that if people have a pet dog, then PLEASE look after it. Don't let it roam the streets. It will get picked up and meet with a horrific fate. A lot of dogs at Yulin are wearing collars! That means they are pets! Look after your pet!!