All Blog Posts Tagged 'activist' (6)

This is the 3rd year in a row that our Chinese Activist, Du Yufeng, has travelled nearly 1000 miles from her home in Guangyuan, Sichuan to Yulin, Guangxi to join other activists at the Dog Meat Festival. She and her group protested in front of Yulin Government Offices this morning (June 21st) at around 11:00am despite being hassled by local men! The moment they started handing out leaflets and banners, local men ran to…

Yang Xiao Yun, founder of Common Home for All Stray Animal Rescue Centre in Tianjin was mocked and intimidated by the locals when she tried to save a Golden Retriever from slaughter after she stopped a young man who claimed to be the dog's owner, Yang dropped to her knees and broke down tears, begging the young man to let her keep the dog but her pleas fell on deaf ears. The man would not let the dog go with her. Yang’s…

Led by respected Municipal Secretary Zhou, Government officers from the city, district and village spent a cold winter visiting Guangyuan Bo Ai Animal Protection Center to inspect the progress of the construction for the new shelter. They gave many constructive proposals and offered much needed help by installing running water and power! We and Bo Ai are deeply grateful for the support and help from all levels of the Government. The building work can start to begin…

For those of you who have followed Du Yufeng and helped to raise the $11,000+ for her new shelter, work has finally begun! Du tells us:-

“Thanks to Guangyuan Municipal Committee for their support and help of animal protection causes! The government is helping us with the major work of water and power which for many years we have had difficulty to deal with. Thanks to Secretary Zhou, Mayor Lee as well as…

The donations for Du Yufeng of Bo Ai Animal Protection Centre in Guangyuan, China were transferred to her bank on 1st August 2013. Thank you to everyone who donated!
Du's speech translated by NT.
Video produced, edited & English subtitles added by Hand In Hand

Transcript of Peter Young's ARZone Live Guest Chat 

13 August 2011

6pm US Eastern Time

11pm UK time…