EARLIER this month, the authorities in China have busted an illegal syndicate slaughtering cats and selling their meat as pork and mutton. More than a...
this month, the authorities in China have busted an illegal syndicate slaughtering cats and selling their meat as pork and mutton., an animal-focused project shareholder Gong Jian revealed that the cat meat in the market is sold at 4.5 yuan per pound, in contrast to other pricier meats such as mutton amounting to 30 yuan per pound.
Animal activists had scoped out a cemetery in Zhangjiagang used to store the cats for six days, in what the local authorities dubbed as “cat carts”. “Although they are all long like trucks and covered tightly, they are always the same.” When I drove by, I knew it was a cat truck,” Han explained. The operation, in Han’s words, “went smoothly” as a dealer was distracted with a phone call – enabling the animal activists to successfully intercept the cat truck and finally relocate the poor felines to a safe space.