Shanghai activists save cats from being eaten
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Cats are seen in cages for sale at a meat market in Guangzhou, in southern China.
AFP - Monday, June 29
SHANGHAI (AFP) - - Animal activists in Shanghai have rescued 300 cats from a dealer who had bought the allegedly stolen pets for sale to restaurants in southern China, according to state media.
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Most of the animals were returned to their owners, but three cats were found dead and some had broken legs, the report said.
"The cats are abused. They throw the cages on to a truck instead of loading them properly. The cats that survive end up in soups at restaurants," Lai Xiaoyu, an activist involved in Friday night's rescue told the newspaper.
Restaurants pay about 50 yuan (7.31 dollars) a cat, according to the report.
Police detained the cat dealer, Yang Baoguo, after he battled dozens of animal lovers who descended on the freight yard to break his cages, the newspaper said.
The dealer was released after a few hours without charge because animal protection laws are nonexistent in China, the report said.
"There is no law in China saying cats cannot be eaten," police officer Ma Yong was quoted as saying. "Cats are not a protected animal."
Yang, who has traded cats for a decade, bought the animals from so-called hunters who trapped the cats in residential areas at night, the report said.
Police could not charge him with possessing stolen property because, unlike dogs, a licence is not required for owning a cat in Shanghai, making ownership impossible to prove, the report said.
Eating cat meat is a tradition in many parts of China, especially in southern regions, where some restaurants specialise in preparing the dishes, according to Chinese media reports.
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all e poor kitties...
Make me so sad after everytime i read such a news....
I tot they onli cook dogs now cats.... </3
Hope new rules impliment soon at least there's hope got activists there...
JyJy them!!!
make me feel like goin vegetarian soon... sigh....
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They trapped some others pets for meals. Very mean.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
They trapped some others pets for meals. Very mean.
ever heard of kangaroo meat? or crocodile meat or shark fins?humans are the cruelest of the lot. eat whatever meat they can find. very soon, they will start craving for alien's meat if they can find.
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Originally posted by marcteng:
ever heard of kangaroo meat? or crocodile meat or shark fins?humans are the cruelest of the lot. eat whatever meat they can find. very soon, they will start craving for alien's meat if they can find.
lol
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some tribes in africa still practises cannibalism till this age. they eat and cook corpses to eat, no kidding
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Originally posted by marcteng:
some tribes in africa still practises cannibalism till this age. they eat and cook corpses to eat, no kidding
Cannibalism is common in nature. Some tribes in Papua still does.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Cannibalism is common in nature. Some tribes in Papua still does.
be vegan better lol
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no no no please dun eat cats
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WTF? cats can be eaten? i doubt it will taste nice. since its SO SMELLY
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Originally posted by youyayu:
WTF? cats can be eaten? i doubt it will taste nice. since its SO SMELLY
any meat that is eaten by humans got spiced up one
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
no no no please dun eat cats
I don't eat cats or someone pets.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I don't eat cats or someone pets.
i tink u eat cat-erpillars
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
i tink u eat cat-erpillars
I take cat-sup.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I take cat-sup.
you are hum-sup
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
you are hum-sup
Sori, mee siam mai hum.
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If anyone being to black ops training before, there is human meat for consumption as an exercise.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Sori, mee siam mai hum.
sori, i give you mee siam mai hum chin peng instead. my mee siam comes default with hum
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Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
If anyone being to black ops training before, there is human meat for consumption as an exercise.
Sori, no interest.
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Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
If anyone being to black ops training before, there is human meat for consumption as an exercise.
that's a good way to solve the overpopulation problem
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
sori, i give you mee siam mai hum chin peng instead. my mee siam comes default with hum
Better get back to my midnight porridge before it turn cold. No hum but only peanuts and cai buay.
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
that's a good way to solve the overpopulation problem
Heard from a cannibal that they prefer the young ones so I'm safe.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Better get back to my midnight porridge before it turn cold. No hum but only peanuts and cai buay.
got cat-sup or not
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wtf
no wonder china got earthquake
deserve it!!!!
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Originally posted by noahnoah:
wtf
no wonder china got earthquake
deserve it!!!!
hey thats uncalled for. thats a irresponsible comment you made.
you mean all the countries who have earthquake deserve for their whatever actions? come one, stop being an idiot.