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1,000 cats saved from Chinese dining table after being discovered in cramped cages when truck crashed

Recently another rescue took place in China of more than 1,000 cats that were found starving, thirsty and crammed into cages in the back of a crashed truck. These cats were destined to become dinner for the patrons of restaurants in Guangdong, China. Luckily the truck was in an accident and therefore delayed the delivery by 24 hours.

This delay allowed around 50 locals the time to rescue them. The cats ended up being stranded on the road for nearly one day. The local people heard the news and drove to the accident site with food and water. Unfortunately some of the cats had already died in the accident.

The cats were originally brought in from the countryside. There they are raised by local villagers as a cheap and easy way of making money. Because it is considered bad luck to eat kittens by the Chinese, the villagers wait until the cats are more than 12 months old before selling them either directly to the markets or to 'middlemen' who trade on their behalf.

Cats in China can spend up to two months squeezed 25 at a time inside small cages which measure just 2ft by 3ft. Many will die long before they reach their final destination as a meal for someone in a restaurant. The cats are usually sold to the restaurant owners for about £1 per pound, or less if they are bought in bulk. They are only fed once a day on a mixture of rice and animal feed.

After the cats are bought at the market, they are usually taken away in mesh nets and plastic bags. Then they are often forced to endure several days' more agony stored in restaurant cupboards. Their future remains very grim as every evening they are then moved to cages outside the restaurant. Then the restaurant customers are encouraged to select the one that takes their fancy. The chef then kills the cat of their choice to serve them for dinner.


Such cruelty while it is inconceivable to western culture, is becoming increasingly commonplace in China. Up to four million cats a year are killed in China for food. Animals Asia Foundation believes the renewed interest in eating cat is linked to the upturn in the economic fortunes of Guangdong which is the most prosperous province in China.

According to Robinson from Animals Asia Foundation,"People have more money in their pockets now, so for many these so-called delicacies have become affordable. Eating cat is probably more popular in the south-east than anywhere else but increasingly we are finding that it is on the menu all over China.'

The lucky cats that survived the Changsha crash have been sent to Changsha Small Animal Protection Association.


Responses to "Rescuers saved 1000 cats in China again destined for restaurants"

  1. Anonymous says:

    is this real?

  2. Anonymous says:

    that owner of resturant needs to charged ,

  3. There is Civilization and there is lack of civilization. This is certainly the latter. What with human rights abuses, intellectual property theft, perpetuating the killing of endangered species to acquire body parts alleged to have some "miraculous" properties, I guess eating domestic cats is not such a big deal. If you're Chinese, that is. It is to me.

  4. Anonymous says:

    Just Gross!!!!!!!!!!! People can afford food nowadays. Eating cats is the "in thing" to do.... eat it because you can!!!...

  5. Anonymous says:

    OMG How can people do this? Thats so disgusting. We are a poor family too, yet we would'nt even consider eating a domestic animal. I hope those cats give those people a very bad intestinal problem, they will change their diet after that.

  6. Anonymous says:

    What is the difference between Cats, Chickens, Cows, Deer, Pig? All animals should be treated the same. I'm tired of people caring so much about cute little kitty cats while they munch on their giant bacon cheeseburgers! Get your heads out of your asses and stop judging people for eating one animal while you eat another.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Oh and I forgot to add that I do think it's terrible to see this, I would never like to see ANY animal treated this way.

  8. Unknown says:

    Well done to the kind Chinese people who saved the pussycats from a horrible death. Keep it up. Thanks.

  9. Anonymous says:

    they were always considered to be perverted people I guess it will never change....

  10. Anonymous says:

    Yes, it's gross and I also say "Well done and Thank You " to the people who saved the cats.

  11. Mary Hogue says:

    Also the way they kill the animalis is inhumain, I know they will boil dogs alive I have seen the pictures I can beleve they would do the same to cats, Thank God these people came to help, it is good to see that not all the Chinese people are crul, Their Goverment should do more for these animals all the animals.

  12. Anonymous says:

    Who ever owns that resterant needs to spend the rest of his life in a cage going hungry and thirsty!

  13. Anonymous says:

    China has(not sure what else)also strips skins alive for use of fur,brushes ,coat,etc. and are said to boil alive dogs..the shock enzimes makes meat tender,what is domestic is utilitarian. oppressive thought system (here we are oppressed by consumption and commercialism...workers /cheap labor keeps 1%thriving,America is becoming more like them in social structure , lack of quality, cheap labor, keeps minimum wage workers tired and stupid .More insight we need on secretive China powers, which does own part of us. BAN purchasing from China in you home https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=519673494729632&set=a.287846317912352.74713.287842591246058&type=1&theater

  14. Anonymous says:

    China is a cruel and inhumane country.
    They were doing "Live birth abortions not too many years ago. How can a country that does that be expected to treat its animals right? Their people are indoctrinated into cruelty from generation to generation. We as civilized people cant give up on trying to change them.

  15. Anonymous says:

    What about Americans that pick Live Lobsters then take them home and drop them in boiling water. We Americans love them.

  16. Anonymous says:

    HORRIBLE......THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.........PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!

  17. Anonymous says:

    Dont get me wrong I love cats and dogs, but how is this any different than how we Americans treat cows, chickens and pigs. East Indians thinks Americans are monsters because we eat beef. To them cows are pets and sacred beings. To us, the are just another source of food. The french eat horses. And animal mankind has dined on for a couple thousand years, before we decided they were "majestic." In other countries, roast monkey is the way to go. The fact is everything is food for something else--even humans. The Chinese are just more realistic with this fact. Oh and Us American are doing out fair share of wiping out species for mundane reasons , like so we can have more beef, or fancy wood for floors, or the latest fashion, or food delicacy. We are no better.

  18. Anonymous says:

    I am glad these cats were saved.More needs to be done to educate the Chinese people on ethical treatment of animals.There is animals cruelty everywhere here in America too behind closed door people testing on animals manufacturing farms beating and abusing the animals crowding them and using cruel methods torturing the animal till it's slaughtered.People killing and hunting for sport for fur and just to eliminate them.The problem is lack of conscious lack of heart and lack of respect for life being it people or animal.It is my hope more GOOD people of China will stop more of these illegal meat trades of cats and dogs.I believe in Karma and nothing good can come out of what these people of killing cats and dogs and God knows what else.I can get so angry about all the animal abuse and killing but it becomes so much I have to give it to a higher power and I always ask why the animals have to suffer they are the innocent ones.For China who claims to be so advanced and growing economically they don't need to eat cats or dogs for food and for America there is no need to eat meat of cows pigs or chickens.

  19. Anonymous says:

    Damn shame! Cruelty beyond comprehension!
    They eat dogs too!
    Horrible! ;(

    Dee ko,Massachusetts

  20. "What is the difference between Cats, Chickens, Cows, Deer, Pig? All animals should be treated the same. I'm tired of people caring so much about cute little kitty cats while they munch on their giant bacon cheeseburgers! Get your heads out of your asses and stop judging people for eating one animal while you eat another.
    " agree
    "Dont get me wrong I love cats and dogs, but how is this any different than how we Americans treat cows, chickens and pigs. East Indians thinks Americans are monsters because we eat beef. To them cows are pets and sacred beings. To us, the are just another source of food. The french eat horses. And animal mankind has dined on for a couple thousand years, before we decided they were "majestic." In other countries, roast monkey is the way to go. The fact is everything is food for something else--even humans. The Chinese are just more realistic with this fact. Oh and Us American are doing out fair share of wiping out species for mundane reasons , like so we can have more beef, or fancy wood for floors, or the latest fashion, or food delicacy. We are no better."
    agree

  21. Anonymous says:

    the difference between the cat and the cow, is the cow is breed for food, this had been done for hundreds of years, but, other countries do eat other things, but if they get caught, well, that's there fault, but really, how good cat a cat taste???, like rats, yuk

  22. Anonymous says:

    I am so distrought over this story, I have heard allot of stories about the Chinese ways my grandparents were missionaries there,but allot of them have money and I think animal rescues need to happen more, there's so much abuse with animals here in the states and all over the world,and we have allot of good people trying to save them, but in the end God is the only one that can deal with these situations. To me it's as bad as being abusive to children, neither one can take care of themselves,I pray everynight for the animals for their suffering to be taken away,thank you for rescuing tthe cats

  23. Anonymous says:

    It breaks my heart that these little beings have to suffer in this way. The other painful truth is that man may perhaps becoming more and more insensitive to everything. I call on women and their feminine energy to speak up and show by example that this is not okay. Teachers teach the children that they may be the change...The irony of this is that man physiological structure is not design for eating meat. Eating meat can lead to the development of many diseases.

    We are bit carnivores, check you teeth and the length or your intestines...Go Macrobiotic!!!!!!!!

  24. Anonymous says:

    Bloody bastards..I can't help but cry as I read this...What is wrong with the chinese??...Will they really eat anything?...Do they have no hearts at all?..Thank you so much to all the wonderful people who saved these beautiful animals...May there be many more rescues in the future, and may the people who eat these precious animals choke to death!!

  25. Mary Hogue says:

    In America we do not boil warm blooded creatures alive just for our pleasure, and should something like that occured and it were discoverd there would be hell to pay, it is in the way these creatures are having to die for humans to eat and I myself will not pick a lobster to eat because of the method it is killed pre killed I will eat it, I know shame on me. We should have rules with China if they want our buisness, This is where Goverment should step in but they won't our Goverment dose not care, look at what they do to the wild Horses ( what they allow ) it is also amaising how many American take a deaf ear and look the other way ( shame on them )Their must be regulations in place in the way they are kept and killed unfortanatly we cannot control what they eat it is a live stock issue when I read about this stuff it makes me show my animals how much more that I love them, my cats and dogs are my babys thank God they were born here and not there.

  26. Anonymous says:

    There is so much Terrible animal cruelty in China AND not enough of these Brave, compassionate and JUST wonderful people. Thankyou to all of them if, there were more like them, China would have a very different reputation throughout the world..x

  27. people can be so cure to God's creation..

  28. Anonymous says:

    It is important at least to me, this is only one of many customs around the world that many find repulsive. The only thing repulsive is that people around the world are forced to eat a great deal less and some are rather fortunate if they eat a protein source in the first place.
    In America, we eat Bear, Elk, Deer, snake, frogs, turtles, cows, chickens and the list goes on and on with these things being just as foreign to many around the world.
    So many say how crude or rude these people are, perhaps, this is just a step above starvation, as most things, when they start to fall out of favor with the people, it becomes a delicacy, rare and then drops off. I do remember in the 70's, people were eating shark plugs thinking they were scallops. Then they decided to sell the shark as a steak and raise the price. Not so long ago, MahiMahi in many places was actually dolphin or shark steaks or a number of other knock offs.
    I just personally would not be so Pius to slam another peoples or culture before I took the time to at least understand. We don't always have to judge everybody.
    Remember Japan still kills dolphins, so do other smaller islands, slaughters of hundreds, that might be pretty sick to many of us. Would we tell people to do without and be hungry? The Eskimo's don't get much time to farm for vegetables....

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