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| Genlin's earlier paintings focused on ]. His more recent oil paintings, in line with his activism for animal rights, mainly featured dogs and have been exhibited by the World Dog Alliance during Dog Lovers' Day.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=2017-10-08 |title=Call on conscience to save furry babies |url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/10/08/NS1710080001.htm |access-date= |work=WenWeiPo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819024828/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/10/08/NS1710080001.htm |archive-date=2019-08-19 |language=zh}}</ref> | Genlin's earlier paintings focused on ]. His more recent oil paintings, in line with his activism for animal rights, mainly featured dogs and have been exhibited by the World Dog Alliance during Dog Lovers' Day.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=2017-10-08 |title=Call on conscience to save furry babies |url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/10/08/NS1710080001.htm |access-date= |work=WenWeiPo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819024828/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/10/08/NS1710080001.htm |archive-date=2019-08-19 |language=zh}}</ref> | ||
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== Animal rights activism for dogs == | ||
| In 2013, whilst on a visit to his father's birthplace Guizhou, Genlin saw to his surprise that ] was marketed as a local delicacy to attract tourists. It was then that the ambition to outlaw consumption of dog meat germinated for Genlin. On 12 December 2014, he founded the ] where the object of the the World Dog Alliance was to advocate for and to bring about "express legislation against dog meat consumption" around the world <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=Yupina|date=23 September 2017|title=Putting the power of the paint brush to work for animal rights: Hong Kong artist targets Asia's dog meat trade|work=|publisher=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2112397/putting-power-paint-brush-work-animal-rights-hong|access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> and to advocate for the garnering of international support to the "International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats". | In 2013, whilst on a visit to his father's birthplace Guizhou, Genlin saw to his surprise that ] was marketed as a local delicacy to attract tourists. It was then that the ambition to outlaw consumption of dog meat germinated for Genlin. On 12 December 2014, he founded the ] where the object of the the World Dog Alliance was to advocate for and to bring about "express legislation against dog meat consumption" around the world <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=Yupina|date=23 September 2017|title=Putting the power of the paint brush to work for animal rights: Hong Kong artist targets Asia's dog meat trade|work=|publisher=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2112397/putting-power-paint-brush-work-animal-rights-hong|access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> and to advocate for the garnering of international support to the "International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats". | ||
| In order to expose the cruelty of the dog meat industry to the world, Genlin commissioned and directed the documentary "''Eating Happiness''"<ref>{{Cite web |date= |
In order to expose the cruelty of the dog meat industry to the world, Genlin commissioned and directed the documentary "''Eating Happiness''",<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=6 January 2025 |title=Eating Happiness |website=] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4699180/}}</ref> and personally travelled with a film crew to ], ], ] and ] to record and report upon the situation of the dog meat consumption industry in those countries.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |title=Eating Happiness |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4699180/ |access-date=2 October 2015 |website=IMDB |publisher=}}</ref> The documentary was released on 2 October 2015. The truths recorded in the documentary paved the way for Genlin's campaigning work against consumption of dog meat in the decade that followed. <ref>{{cite news |date=27 February 2017 |title= Peng Hongling: Dedicated to moral responsibility and public welfare |url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/02/27/NS1702270001.htm |access-date= |work=WenWeiPo |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403121118/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2017/02/27/NS1702270001.htm |archive-date=2017-04-03 |language=zh}}</ref> | ||
| Under Genlin's leadership, the ] have successfully campaigned in various countries around the world, working with legislators and making donations in aid of and contributing to the proposal and passing of legislations in various jurisdictions and countries expressly banning consumption of dog meat. | Under Genlin's leadership, the ] have successfully campaigned in various countries around the world, working with legislators and making donations in aid of and contributing to the proposal and passing of legislations in various jurisdictions and countries expressly banning consumption of dog meat. | ||
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| The letter heralded the regional bans on the eating of dogs and cats announced by the cities of ] about one month later and ] three months later respectively. | The letter heralded the regional bans on the eating of dogs and cats announced by the cities of ] about one month later and ] three months later respectively. | ||
| The World Dog Alliance's letter also heralded the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' excluding of dogs from their draft list of edible terrestrial animals in May 2020<ref>{{Cite web | |
The World Dog Alliance's letter also heralded the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' excluding of dogs from their draft list of edible terrestrial animals in May 2020<ref>{{Cite web |website=China Daily |date=2020-04-10 |title=农业农村部：狗已"特化"为伴侣动物 不宜列入畜禽管理 |url=https://language.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/10/WS5e8fe6c4a3105d50a3d1548a.html}}</ref>. | ||
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| Genlin | |
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| 玄陵 | |
| Born | Peng Hongling Shanghai |
| Other names | Horiike Hiroshi Genlin |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Alma mater | Shanghai University |
Genlin, born Peng Hong Ling in Shanghai, China, is of Japanese nationality and is also known by his Japanese name Horiike Hiroshi. He is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, painter, and an activist for animal rights for dogs and cats. He is named as an Outstanding Alumni of Shanghai University and had also been a Honorary Board Member of the first and second terms to the Council of Shanghai University. He is also the founder of the World Dog Alliance.
Life
After graduating from the International Business School of Shanghai University, Genlin worked in the Nissho Iwai Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. He then founded Large Horse International (Group) Company Limited and Gree Air Conditioner (International) Company Limited in Hong Kong.
Genlin is committed to doing charitable work and promoting public welfare. He once promised that "90% of my personal property will be used for philanthropy, and 10% will be used for my family." He has made various donations to build schools, libraries and gymnasiums. He has also established a number of scholarships. In 1995, he founded the Peng Xin Chao Foundation in the name of his father in Guizhou, utilising the monies in the foundation to establish primary schools, middle schools, and libraries. He also founded the Genlin Foundation for the object of assisting the students of Shanghai University. Since 2007, the Genlin Foundation has set up the "Shanghai University Genlin Sports Elite Award Fund", the "Shanghai University Genlin Art Elite Award Fund" and the "Shanghai University Foreign Language School Genlin Education Fund". The foundation has also donated for the building of the Genlin Tennis Hall and has donated to conserve other historical buildings on the Shanghai University campus.
Genlin is named as an Outstanding Alumni of Shanghai University and have also been a Honorary Board Member of the first and second terms to the Council of Shanghai University. He was also invited by Shanghai University to teach as a visiting professor in the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.
Genlin's earlier paintings focused on abstractionism. His more recent oil paintings, in line with his activism for animal rights, mainly featured dogs and have been exhibited by the World Dog Alliance during Dog Lovers' Day.
Animal rights activism for dogs
In 2013, whilst on a visit to his father's birthplace Guizhou, Genlin saw to his surprise that dog meat was marketed as a local delicacy to attract tourists. It was then that the ambition to outlaw consumption of dog meat germinated for Genlin. On 12 December 2014, he founded the World Dog Alliance where the object of the the World Dog Alliance was to advocate for and to bring about "express legislation against dog meat consumption" around the world and to advocate for the garnering of international support to the "International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats".
In order to expose the cruelty of the dog meat industry to the world, Genlin commissioned and directed the documentary "Eating Happiness", and personally travelled with a film crew to Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and China to record and report upon the situation of the dog meat consumption industry in those countries. The documentary was released on 2 October 2015. The truths recorded in the documentary paved the way for Genlin's campaigning work against consumption of dog meat in the decade that followed.
Under Genlin's leadership, the World Dog Alliance have successfully campaigned in various countries around the world, working with legislators and making donations in aid of and contributing to the proposal and passing of legislations in various jurisdictions and countries expressly banning consumption of dog meat.
| Country | Contributions by Genlin/ World Dog Alliance |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | The World Dog Alliance started working together with legislator to raise the issue of proposing and passing a bill to ban dog meat as early as 2016. On 11 April 2017, Taiwan passed the 2017 Animal Protection Bill to ban the consumption of dog meat, a monumental victory for animal rights in Asia.
Upon the passing of the 2017 Animal Protection Act, the World Dog Alliance has continued to make donations in support of the enforcement of the Act. The World Dog Alliance has also continued to work with Taiwanese legislators to introduce conceptions of animal rights protection into Taiwan's educational curriculum and textbooks, and have supported the ongoing efforts to include protection of animal rights in the Constitution of the Republic of China. |
| United States | Genlin understood that many countries in the West share a common view that dogs should not be eaten and express legislation to ban consumption would not be necessary. Genlin was however also of the opinion that examples could and should have been made by a Western power as a declaration of stance and taking of a leading position. Genlin hired 3 lobbying firms in the US to call on Congress to introduce and advocate for legislation to ban consumption fo dog meat in the US. The World Dog Alliance further placed full page advertisements in major newspapers such as the Hill to garner further support.
The joint efforts of Genlin and lobbyists succeeded in convincing Republic Congressman Jeff Denham to include a ban on dog meat consumption into the 2018 Farm Bill passed on 12 December 2018 in the House of Representatives. The bill obtained bipartisan support, notably from Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, who had earlier co-sponsored a separate bill to Congress to ban consumption of dog and cat meat but did not succeed in garnering enough support for a standalone bill on animal rights. The 2018 Farm Bill was successfully passed alongside with other agricultural and food policies. In 2024, the US further passed the "US Appropriations Bill 2024" which included language reflecting the International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats as part of its section 7048, requiring the Secretary of State to brief the Committee on Appropriations on steps taken by other countries and the prospects of, and support for, addressing banning consumption of dog and cat meat as part of an international agreement. The International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats was conceived by Genlin and the World Dog Alliance with the help of Congressman Jeff Denham in 2019. The inclusion of the International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats into the 2024 Appropriations Bill was brought about by 5 years of campaign work behind the scenes. Two letters were written by Congress, which were driven and supported by the World Dog Alliance in 2020 and 2021 to President Trump and President Biden respectively. The letters were signed by 68 Congressmen in total, including Representative Alcee Hastings and Rodney Davis, who had also offered their collective support to the International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats and to the World Dog Alliance's mission to forward the agenda to legislate expressly against consumption of dog and cat meat. |
| China | The World Dog Alliance wrote to the Communist Party of China on 29 January, 2020 with the message of "stop eating wild animals for the people's health, and stop eating dogs and cats for the country's image."
The letter heralded the regional bans on the eating of dogs and cats announced by the cities of Shenzhen about one month later and Zhuhai three months later respectively. The World Dog Alliance's letter also heralded the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' excluding of dogs from their draft list of edible terrestrial animals in May 2020. |
| Indonesia | The Indonesian capital of Jakarta announced in March 2023 that it has banned the dog and cat meat trade after years of lobbying by animal protection groups around the world.
The World Dog Alliance has supported the local campaigns for animal rights by donating USD 100,000 to Animal Friends Jogia in 2022. The World Dog Alliance has since continued its efforts to campaign for a national ban of dog meat in Indonesia. In August 2024, the World Dog Alliance met with a director from the Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia to discuss the prospects of a nation-wide legislation banning consumption of cat and dog meat. |
| South Korea | The World Dog Alliance has campaigned for the banning of dog and cat meat consumption in South Korea since 2014. Following the documentary "Eating Happiness", the World Dog Alliance petitioned in 2016 to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to urge the South Korean government to ban the eating of dog meat. The petition received over 100,000 signatures from British citizens.
In 2018, the World Dog Alliance held a public education event in Seoul in honour of then-President Moon Jae-in's adopted dog Tori. In August 2023, the World Dog Alliance arranged for ten members of the US Congress to write to the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, which heralded South Korea's legislation of the special bill five months later. The special bill to ban dog meat was ultimately passed by the South Korean parliament on 9 January 2024. After the passing of the special bill on 9 January 2024, Genlin personally met with former President Moon Jae-in in August 2024 to celebrate the legislative success. Genlin was later honoured by the Korean National Assembly in September 2024 for his and the World Dog Alliance's contributions to the country's drive to legislate against the consumption of dog meat. |
Related events
In 2007, Genlin purchased a mansion in Malibu, Los Angeles County, United States. Later he noticed the actual area was one-third less than which promised by the agency of the seller. In 2010, he sued the agency of the seller and the real estate agency.
Achievements
- In January 2018, Genlin was named as an Outstanding Alumni by his alma mater Shanghai University.
- In October 2018, he was awarded "International Dog Lover Award" by a parliamentary animal right organization in Italy (issued by the member of Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Michela Vittoria Brambilla).
- In September 2024, Genlin was honoured by the National Assembly of South Korea for his contributions to South Korea's legislation to ban dog meat (awarded by National Assembly Members Ms Han Jeoung-ae, Mr Li Hun-seung and Mr Park Hong-keun.)
References
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- "[Close-up] Inheriting his father's ambition to do good and treating his beloved dog like a son". WenWeiPo (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- "My love for dogs - from "silent" to "vocal"". Shanghai University News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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- "Students from the School of Foreign Languages visit distinguished alumnus Mr. Peng Hongling". School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University (in Chinese). 2019-08-19. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
- ^ "Call on conscience to save furry babies". WenWeiPo (in Chinese). 2017-10-08. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19.
- Ng, Yupina (23 September 2017). "Putting the power of the paint brush to work for animal rights: Hong Kong artist targets Asia's dog meat trade". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Eating Happiness". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "Eating Happiness". IMDB. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- "[Exclusive Interview] Peng Hongling: Dedicated to moral responsibility and public welfare". WenWeiPo (in Chinese). 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03.
- "农业农村部：狗已"特化"为伴侣动物 不宜列入畜禽管理". China Daily. 2020-04-10.
- "Newswire". Newswire.com. 15 November 2024.
- "Alliance launched to push for dog meat ban in Asia". ABS-CBN News. Kyodo News. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Asian Animal Friendly Alliance Inaugurated in Taipei". Taipei City Government. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "67 MPs wrote to Boris Johnson on dog meat consumption". World Dog Alliance. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- "Japanese Lawmakers Call for International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats". AP NEWS. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- Gittelsohn, John; Gullo, Karen (21 August 2014). "Could Chinese millionaire be reason for real estate industry nightmare?". Orange County Register. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Italian Parliament supports "International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dog and Cat Meat, Genlin awarded International Dog Lover Award". World Dog Alliance. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- "Genlin, l'imprenditore di Hong Kong che combatte il consumo di carne riceve a Milano il premio dell'on. Brambilla" (in Italian). Meteo Web. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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