; Whereas the dog meat trade breaches China’s food safety laws and regulations that ban processing and selling meat from livestock who have died of illnesses or unknown causes; Whereas, in 2011, China's Agriculture Ministry issued a regulation to limit the illegal transport of dogs by requiring one certificate for one dog , applicable to any dog who is shipped across provincial boundaries; Whereas dog transporters are unable to produce one certificate for one dog because many of the animals are stolen pets or the certificates are too costly to provide; Whereas, although the Yulin city government withdrew as a sponsor of the Dog Meat Festival, it has taken no meaningful action to enforce China's existing laws and regulations on animal disease control, food safety, trans-provincial dog transport, or youth protection, all of which are breached by the dog meat trade; Whereas millions of Chinese citizens recently voted in support of a legislative proposal by Zhen Xiaohe, a deputy to the National People’s Congress of China, to ban the dog meat trade; Whereas the majority of people in China do not consume dog meat and dog meat is not a part of mainstream Chinese culinary practice; and Whereas tens of millions of people around the world have called upon the Government of China, the Governor of the Guangxi Autonomous Region, and the Mayor of Yulin to officially end the Dog Meat Festival and stop the mass slaughter of dogs all year round in Yulin: Now, therefore, be it