Animal rights advocates hold protest signs outside the Yulin government office in Beijing, Friday, June 10, 2016. Animal rights campaigners demonstrated outside the office on Friday and met with Yulin officials to deliver a petition urging an end to the annual Yulin dog meat festival, which is set to begin in the city in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 21. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)