Humanity against the dog & cat meat trade
They were never meant to be food. They were meant to be family.
Duo Duo Project has been on the ground in China since 2013 — changing hearts through humane education and stopping the cycle of suffering at its source. This is a trade we can end in our lifetime.
A family, not food
The reality
This isn’t history. It’s happening now.
In China’s black-market dog and cat meat trade, terrified animals are caged, trafficked, and killed. Most are stolen pets or vulnerable strays. Only 3% of people support the practice — yet that minority sustains a brutal market that claims millions of lives.
Change is already happening. Around Yulin, the estimated number of dogs killed has fallen by roughly 70% since the festival began. That is what sustained compassion can do.
dogs and cats suffer and die in China’s meat trade every year.
of people in China support the trade. That’s all it takes to keep a cruel market alive.
estimated dogs killed around Yulin each year — down from around 10,000 when the festival began.
Figures from Duo Duo Project’s 2025 Impact Report and public campaign reporting. Yulin figures are estimates.
The plan
Rescue matters. Ending the trade matters more.
One rescue saves one life. To make this trade history, we address the two forces that keep it alive: demand for the meat and the supply of vulnerable animals.
Humane education
A child who meets a dog may never eat one.
In regions where dog eating is normalized, many children have never met a companion animal. Our interactive programs introduce them to dogs and cats as friends — reaching 80,000+ young people and growing a generation that rejects this trade.
Spay & neuter
Fewer strays. Fewer victims.
Most animals killed are strays or stolen pets. We help fund low- or no-cost spay/neuter, train Chinese veterinarians in the most humane techniques, and are building a first-of-its-kind Spay & Neuter Training Center.
Local leadership
Change led from within.
We stand with China’s brave activists year-round — supporting rescues and intercepts, helping close restaurants, and replacing Yulin’s cruelty with events that celebrate dogs and cats as family.
Want the full picture? Read the programs, progress, and numbers behind the work.
Read the 2025 Impact ReportProof, not promises
Proof that change is possible
At a time when so much cruelty feels beyond our control, this is one horror we can stop.Duo Duo Project · 2025 Impact Report See the evidence of change
Watch our mission
This is what compassion makes possible.
Two minutes inside the work — rescued dogs, the people who show up, and the change your support makes possible.
One small act. One less animal in danger.