US EditionOver 1,000 cats rescued in China from trucks headed to slaughterhouse
- Over 1,000 cats were rescued in China after the police foiled an illicit trading operation that involved selling feline meat disguised as pork or mutton.
- The rescue not only saved the cats from being slaughtered and served as skewers or sausages, but also exposed the risks to food safety posed by the trade of cat meat.
- This incident has sparked public anger and calls for stricter inspections of the food industry in China.
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Cops rescue cats from being killed and sold as pork and mutton for sausages and skewers
Animal activists noticed crates of cats being held in a cemetery for six days, they alerted police when the pets were being transported who swooped on the truck and saved the animals from being slaughtered and sold as sausages and skewers
Police rescue 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as pork and mutton
The cats were rescued from slaughter and taken to a shelter (Stock picture: AFP via Getty Images) More than 1,000 cats set to be slaughtered and sold as pork and mutton have been rescued by police in China. The cats were in a truck in the eastern city of Zhangjiagang, when officers, who had received a tip-off from animal welfare activists, intercepted the vehicle. An illegal trade of cat meat was uncovered, sparking fresh fears over food safety …
In China, police rescues 1000 cats from being killed and sold as mutton or pork
Activists stated that cat meat can bring 4.5 yuan ($0.61; £0.51) per catty, which is approximately comparable to 600g in Chinese units of measurement. Four to five kittens can be produced by one cat
An illicit trade in which feline meat is sold as if it were pork or mutton. The Chinese police have rescued about a thousand cats crammed into a truck and on their way to a slaughterhouse. We are in Zhangjiagang, in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu and the agents were able to intervene thanks to the report of some animal rights activists. The little felines would have ended up in the south to be served as skewers or meatballs. Now they ar…
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