Guangxi restaurants try to keep clear of dog meat (1/2)

Photo taken on June 10, 2014 shows owner of a restaurant offering dog-meat dishes in Yulin, Guangxi covers the character "dog" on the shop sign to avoid offending animal rights activists who lambast a dog-meat festival which will kick off on June 21. The annual dog-meat festival, which falls on the summer solstice, involves eating dog meat hotpot and lychees and drinking strong liquor. It has been a local tradition in Yulin for decades and attracts thousands of diners every year. [Photo: Chinanews.com /Tang Yanjun]