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1,000 cats rescued in China from being slaughtered and sold as pork, mutton | CNN
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/china/china-police-save-cats-slaughter-intl-hnk/index.html
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Police in China have rescued some 1,000 cats from a truck en route to a slaughterhouse, state-affiliated media has reported, busting part of an illicit trade that fraudulently sells feline meat as pork or mutton and sparking fresh food safety concerns.
The Paper reported that animal activists first noticed a large number of nailed wooden boxes carrying many cats near a cemetery.
They patrolled the streets for six days and when the truck began ferrying the cats to the slaughterhouse, they intervened and called police, the report said.
“Some people will do all it takes because it is profitable,” Gong Jian, an activist who is building a sanctuary for stray felines in Jiangsu, told The Paper.
The report triggered a fresh wave of concern over animal rights and food safety on Chinese social media, with many calling for greater scrutiny by the authorities.
Local officials originally insisted it was a piece of duck neck, but amid fears of a cover-up provincial investigators were called in and found otherwise.
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