Over 1,000 cats rescued in China from trucks headed to slaughterhouse

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…

Cats rescued from slaughter for meat in China

The felines would have been passed off as pork or mutton, state-affiliated media report.