Cat was being sold in the name of mutton! Police freed 1000 cats from the custody of smugglers, know where the matter lies…?

There is a trend of eating animals in many countries of the world. Apart from chicken and mutton, animals like cow, deer, rabbit are also eaten. But when it comes to eating animal meat, there is no country worse than China. That’s because there would hardly be any creature here whose flesh people would not eat. People eat everything from snakes and scorpions to dogs and cats. A news related to cats has surprised everyone these days. That’s because 1000 cats have been rescued in China (1000 cats rescue China), whose meat was being killed and sold to the people. The shocking thing is that cat meat was being sold as chicken-mutton (Cat meat sold as mutton China) and pork meat.

According to CNN report, the police of Zhangjiagang (Zhangjiagang, China) were recently tipped off by some animal activists that hundreds of cats were being loaded in trucks and taken to the slaughterhouse. On his tip, the police took action and confiscated the trucks. Activists had found several closed wooden boxes near the cemetery, inside which cats were kept. Animal activists followed those trucks for about 6 days, and when they came to know that cats were being taken to the slaughterhouse in trucks, they immediately informed the police about it.

1000 cats were rescued

The report claims that after killing the cats in abattoirs, their meat was supplied to the southern part of the country, where it was sold as pork or mutton. Police have rescued about 1000 cats. An animal activist said that through this trade, 1 pound of cat meat, i.e. about 450 grams of meat, was being sold for up to Rs 300. After the process, a cat weighs about 4 to 5 pounds.

Cats sent to shelter home

According to CNN, police and animal activists have sent the cats to a nearby shelter. If the plan of killing cats and selling meat had succeeded, the accused could have earned more than Rs 17 lakh. At present, it has not been mentioned in the report whether any arrest has been made in this case or not, nor is it known whether the cats were stray or pets. This is not the first time that such a case has come to light in China. Yulin Festival is celebrated here where dogs are burnt alive.