Green Options » cat cruelty http://greenoptions.com/tag/cat-cruelty Posts tagged 'cat cruelty' Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Chinese Cats Skinned and Cooked Alive; Activists Outraged http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/23/chinese-cats-skinned-and-cooked-alive-activists-outraged/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/23/chinese-cats-skinned-and-cooked-alive-activists-outraged/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:14:18 +0000 Michael A. Weber http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/23/chinese-cats-skinned-and-cooked-alive-activists-outraged/

Cruelty against cats is increasing in Guangdong, China, where over 10,000 domesticated cats are eaten daily. The cats, some of which are apparently being stolen from people’s houses, are transported in small cages to restaurants in the town where they are then cooked, often while they are still alive.

Activists in China are taking a stronger stance against this cruelty, and have begun demonstrating in Beijing against the treatment of cats used for food. 40 people, many of them elders who care for orphaned cats, protested outside of the Guangdong office in Beijing.

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