▁for ▁sla ugh ter ▁and ▁consumption ▁are ▁st ray s ▁or ▁st olen ▁p ets . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁dogs ▁at ▁the ▁festival ▁are ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁bur nt ▁or ▁bo iled ▁alive ▁or ▁be aten ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁increased ▁ad ren al ine ▁circul ating ▁in ▁the ▁dog ' s ▁body ▁adds ▁to ▁the ▁flav or ▁of ▁the ▁meat . ▁Other ▁reports , ▁however , ▁state ▁that ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁little ▁evidence ▁of ▁those ▁practices ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁festival , ▁eight ▁dogs ▁( and ▁their ▁two ▁c ages ) ▁sold ▁for ▁ 1 , 1 5 0 ▁y uan ▁($ 1 8 5 ) ▁and ▁six ▁pu pp ies ▁for ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁y uan . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁festival , ▁a ▁protest er ▁bought ▁ 1 0 0 ▁dogs ▁for ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁y uan ▁($ 1 , 1 0 0 ; ▁£ 7 1 0 ). ▁The ▁animal ▁rights ▁N GO ▁Best ▁Vol unte er ▁Centre ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁sla ugh ter h ouses , ▁processing ▁between ▁ 3 0 ▁and ▁ 1 0 0 ▁dogs ▁a ▁day . ▁The ▁Y ul in ▁Centre ▁for ▁Animal ▁D ise ase ▁Control ▁and ▁Pre vention ▁states ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁only ▁eight ▁dog ▁sla ugh ter h ouses ▁s elling ▁approximately ▁ 2 0 0 ▁dogs ,