500 cats destined to be eaten at Chinese restaurants rescued

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In Beijing, China, 500 cats jammed mercilessly into tiny cages and intended to be part of the menu at Chinese restaurants were rescued this week. The man, identified only as Sun, was arrested on Sunday morning in the eastern Jiangsu province capturing stray cats and pets to sell to restaurants for 30 yuan ($4.40 each) reports the Strait Times.

Sun had been using sparrows and caged birds as bait to lure the cats. It was a journalist who supplied police with the information about a truck full of cats being sold. Many of the animals found were near death and faintly mewing in the heat. More cats and kittens were discovered in a makeshift hut near the highway. In the hut, different colored cats had been crowded into metal cages with a fan turned on to keep them from dying in the heat.

When a villager named Yang complained to police someone had been stealing his pets including his cat who had been nursing her five kittens, the authorities had launched an investigation and were led to where the cats were being held. It is not known if Yang ever found his cat and the kittens. Police stated if no one came forward to claim their pets, all of the cats would be treated and freed.

China statistics for killing dogs and cats for food are still extremely high; thousands and thousands are bludgeoned to death for the annual dog meat and lychee festival in Yulin. Claims that the cruel  practice has been stopped is still debatable. Every year more than ten million dogs and four-million cats are killed for their meat. Taiwan recently became the first Asian country to outlaw eating dogs and cats. Read more of that story here.

(Photo of 500 cats rescued via screenshot from Strait Times)

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Here ya go …… DISGUSTING !!!!! I believe it is all about the CHEAPEST meat they can get their hands on …. BOYCOTT CHEAP CRAP FROM CHINA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. THESE PEOPLE ARE FRIGGIN IDIOTS!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE WE SUPPORT THESE IDIOTS!!!!! THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!!!

  3. Thankful many were rescued although I’m sure many died as well. Saw a post on FB where a Swiss chef opened a restaurant serving cats! Sick prick!

  4. I’d like to send Sun right to the moon on the end of my foot and the Chinese cops want to just set these poor animals free only to be captured again by some ruthless human – what kind of rescue is that????? NONE!

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