Cannes Film Festival A truly extraordinary testimonial was seen on the catwalk this year: Bitch Ultimate happiness He told the world by his presence the endless horrors of the dog meat trade which is renewed every year on the occasion of the infamous yulin festival,
Felicity is a purebred Samoyedwho herself escaped from the slaughterhouse where she was about to be slaughtered, to end up on the table of one of the many Chinese restaurants and banquets that, in June, offer dishes based on dog meat on the occasion of a festival, Although now largely in decline, it continues to provide an opportunity for the killing of thousands of stray or specially bred dogs and cats each year.
saved by julia de cadetlawyer and association founder NoToDogMeat Having witnessed firsthand the horrors of the dog meat markets in China in 2009, Felicity flew to the United Kingdom to be adopted by her saviour, where she became an admirer of the association’s activities, being the first to condemn the horrific carnage. Which continues to repeat itself every year.
Felicity accompanied Julia to a screening of the film in Cannes project silence by Tae-gon Kim. Her catwalk, in an evening gown made especially for her, was widely photographed and filmed and bounced around the world on TV and social media, serving as a sounding board for the message against the Yulin festival. Considering that Julia de Cadet wants to launch, the 2023 edition is about to leave in a few weeks as it approaches.
Even the risk of the COVID-19 pandemic and possible other pandemics has not managed to stop the Yulin festival so far. What is presented as a tradition is actually a commercial gimmick that is waning in interest every year, especially among the younger segment of a country’s population, who are still not used to this horrific form of animal exploitation. leaves.
Millions of dogs and cats are killed each year in Asia, and especially in China: Estimates suggest that around 10 million dogs are slaughtered for their meat. In Yulin alone there are thousands of people who die in a single week in the most cruel agony. In reality, the festival is only the tip of the iceberg that this trade represents in various countries from China through Vietnam through Indonesia. All this despite a survey conducted by Chinese Horizon in 2016 and commissioned by China Animal Welfare Association in collaboration with HSI Humane Society International And Sound Which revealed a general intolerance towards the practice, so much so that 64% of the population had, in fact, declared themselves against the Yulin festival and 51.7% would have preferred the trade in dog meat banned altogether.
Clearly a little dazed by the many attentions, Felicity has become a seminal testimonial to the cause fought for by Julia de Cadete and her union. « She is one of the lucky ones – they commented on the social networks – she was traveling precisely for the luck that so many dogs suffer in the bad trade of dog meat but now she is our ambassador dog … That cruelty Won’t stop till it’s over and neither will we.”
And of course Felicity’s presence has attracted attention, hopefully without too much inconvenience for her who’s already seen all kinds of things in the past. But such was her catwalk success that Tapete_roxo, a site that comments on the looks of actresses and actors walking the catwalk before the screening, commented on their social networks: «Sorry to all the actresses and models who passed by at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, but most of Boss This four legged girl looks beautiful! Ah, there were also Jenny Kim, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Karim Enouez, Ashley Graham, Isabelle Goulart, Sam Levinson, Lily-Rose Depp, The Weeknd, Troye Sivan and Travis Scott …».
It is never good for a dog to be forced to “perform,” even if its human’s affection in this case is undeniable. But surely the cause Felicity and Julia are fighting for is important to the future of millions of dogs in Asia.
