Chinese police rescue 150 cats headed for dinner tables

France24 ^ | August 31, 2022

[who_would_fardels_bear]

A guy from South Africa who spent over ten years in China commented on his YouTube channel that when he went traveling through China he saw less wildlife in the rural parts than he would see in typical urban areas in other countries.

Maybe the famine caused by the Cultural Revolution had something to do witg that.

Check out his channel for more insights: serpentza

[Mashood]

Times have changed. I remember seeing cats hanging in trees.

[Ezekiel]

Chinese police rescue 150 cats headed for dinner tables

The one that got away:

[seowulf]

In other news police in eastern China hold huge BBQ to celebrate the success.

[MikelTackNailer]

I wonder, if not for communism (well, the capitalism they call that now days) China's Guangdong and Guangxi provinces would have turned to pet-shunning Islam.

"You've got us wrong. We love the delicious animals!"

[TLI]

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[EvilCapitalist]

Several years ago a cat was crapping in my flower garden. I let all the neighbors know if I caught the cat, I would sell it to a Chinese Restaurant.

[max americana]

yup

[max americana]

correct

[Daffynition]

O RLY?

Not one noods will go unaccounted.

[Daffynition]

The practice has its origin from an old saying: “Hang dead cats from a tree and put dead dogs in the river,” local historian Wei Ching-shui (魏清水) said.