Sunday, May 7, 2017 - Animal Hope & Wellness/The Compassion Project, Stop Yulin Forever and I Stand With My Pack hosted a special Yulin Q&A Panel Event in Beverly Hills between 3 to 7pm.
The purpose of the panel was to speak about the change these non-profit organizations were working to create, and how other people could get involved. It was a glimpse into The Yulin Project, a campaign that these charities were pushing inside and outside of Asia. They spoke about their current endeavors, their Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition Act HR 1406, The Animal Hope and Wellness microchip program in China, all of the non-profit’s initiatives to stop the dog & cat meat trade, and upcoming meetings with the Yulin government.
The panelists included:
Marc Ching of Animal Hope & Wellness/The Compassion Project
Aleksandra Schiffer of I Stand With My Pack.
Shannen Doherty who spoke about HR 1406 - The Anti Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition Act and why this bill is important. In 44 of the states of the USA was legal to eat cat and dog meat and the bill wanted to stop that.
Shaun Monson (director or Earthlings and Unity) spoke about bearing witness. And why a documentary about Yulin and the Dog Meat Trade is essential.
Otep Shamaya of I Stand With My Pack.
Julie Wardrop spoke about Dogs and Cats Off the Menu, how they started and what they were doing to raise awareness.
Tami Cho Zussman of Dogs Of Violence Exposed did speak about extreme cruelty of dog meat trade in Korea and how it compared to Chinese market.
A video on Youtube of the event (more than 3h 30min long! Skip to 10:41; 1:27:08; 1:56:16; and from 2:48:46 to see and hear Sannen talk)
The Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018, was a bipartisan bill intended to outlaw the slaughter and trade of cats and dogs for meat in the United States. Although not enacted in its own right, a version of it was incorporated into the 2018 Farm Bill on December 11, 2018. The reconciled farm bill was signed into law on December 20, 2018.
The law prohibits the shipping, sale and transportation of dogs and cats for the "purpose of slaughter for human consumption", except for Native American tribes performing religious ceremonies.
