If you thought dog meat was eaten only in China, you have another think coming your way. The truth is that, the consumption of dogs and cats is fairly common. Places such as Taiwan, Hawaii, Korea, Mexico, Polynesia, Switzerland, Vietnam, Siberia, Alaska, Greenland, North Canada, Congo, Nigeria, Mexico, India, Australia, and many more countries also have communities which routinely eat cat or dog meat. The animals are eaten either as a delicacy or because the people are too poor to afford anything else. And, in most places, humane killing and consumption is completely legal. However, the expose of the Yulin dog festival has put the scanner on these countries too. It is quite possible that, after reading all of this, one might lose faith in humanity. However, there is a silver lining. Nepal has a dog festival too; only, this event is pretty much the opposite of what happens in Yulin. The people of this mountain nation revere dogs as the reincarnation of a God named Bhairav. So, in October and November, as a part of the 5-day Hindu festival Diwali, an entire day, known as Kukur Tihar, is reserved exclusively to the celebration of dogs. The animals are bathed, adorned with garlands of flowers, petted, cuddled, and absolutely spoiled with every kind of food that one can think of. If you are a dog lover, this sounds like the best holiday ever! The Yulin dog meat festival is truly barbarous. Sustained international pressure and the boycott of the consumption of this meat by the locals can help a great deal in stopping the event. However, given its cultural implications, it seems hypocritical to oppose only the slaughter of dogs, while millions of chickens and turkeys die every Thanksgiving and Christmas. A life is a life after all!