Beijing – IBeijing isicele amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela kuleli dolobha ukuthi zisuse inyama yenja ngesikhathi sama-Olympics ngenyanga ezayo namaParalympics kaSepthemba.
Inja ayidliwa nje umphakathi omkhulu wase-Korea enhlokodolobha yase-China kodwa futhi idumile ezindaweni zokudlela zase-Yunnan nase-Guizhou.
Umyalelo ovela eHhovisi Lokuphepha Kokudla laseBeijing okhishwe ngenyanga edlule uyalele amahhotela osonkontileka bama-Olympic ukuthi angahlinzeki ngezitsha ezenziwe ngenyama yenja futhi wathi noma yiziphi izinto ze-canine ezisetshenziswa ekudleni kwendabuko kufanele zibhalwe ngokucacile.
Ekhathazekile ngokuthi izitsha ze-canine zingacasula amaqembu alwela amalungelo ezilwane kanye nezivakashi zaseNtshonalanga, uBeijing uthe izindawo zokudlela okulindeleke ukuthi zidume phakathi kwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe kumele ziyeke ukunikeza inyama yenja “ukuhlonipha amasiko okudlela amazwe ahlukene.”
Umyalelo “wawukhuthaza” ukuthi zonke izindawo zokudlela eziphakela izinja ziwumise phakathi nama-Olympics kodwa awuzange ukhulume ngezindawo eziningi ezidumile ezinembongolo kumenyu.
Ukugxekwa kwabaseNtshonalanga kwabangela ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Korea abathanda inyama yenja bavimbele izitsha ze-canine isikhathi esithile phakathi nama-Olympics aseSeoul ka-1988.
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- Umyalelo ovela eHhovisi Lokuphepha Kokudla laseBeijing okhishwe ngenyanga edlule uyalele amahhotela osonkontileka bama-Olympic ukuthi angahlinzeki ngezitsha ezenziwe ngenyama yenja futhi wathi noma yiziphi izinto ze-canine ezisetshenziswa ekudleni kwendabuko kufanele zibhalwe ngokucacile.
- Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics.
- Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights groups and Western visitors, Beijing said restaurants expected to be popular among foreign visitors must stop serving dog meat “to respect the dining customs of different countries.
