China protest decries custom of eating cats

A/P via Yahoo ^ | 12/18/2008 | GILLIAN WONG

[mmanager]

BEIJING - A southern Chinese province must stop the "shameful" and "cruel slaughter" of cats for food, a group of more than 40 animal lovers in Beijing said Thursday as they unfurled banners in a tearful protest.

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Thousands of cats across the country have been caught in the past week by traders and transported to Guangdong province to be killed for food, said the protesters gathered at the Guangdong government's office in Beijing.

"We are very angry because the cats are being skinned and then cooked alive. We must make them correct this uncivilized behavior," said Wang Hongyao, who represented the group in submitting a letter to the Guangdong office.

The protesters urged the provincial government to crack down on cat traders and restaurants that serve cat meat, although no law says it is illegal to eat cats. It has long been common for cats and dogs to be eaten in some parts of China and in some other Asian countries.

[mmanager]

I believe this is an alternative to the "clipping campaigns" here in our country. I prefer Persians myself /s.

[Tax-chick]

a group of more than 40 animal lovers

Impressive turnout!

[edcoil]

Favorite book: 1001 things to do with a dead cat.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[JRios1968]

[nevergore]

Mmmmmmm....Cat...the other white meat.....

[CE2949BB]

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

[sierrahome]

Then there’s that Chinese cook book:

50 Ways to Wok Your Dog

[mmanager]

Checkout the author “Gillian Wong” says it’s wong to eat cats.

[bikerman]

They taste like spotted owl.

[Washi]

Skinned and then cooked alive? How do they survive being skinned? I'm assuming that they mean shaved and then cooked.

Either way, it doesn't sound too appetizing.

[allmost]

We are very angry because the cats are being skinned and then cooked alive.

That makes me quite angry as well.

[Right Brother]

Dead Cat Woking.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

You wouldn’t think there’s that much meat on a cat, particularly where people are hungry enough to devour cats.

[org.whodat]

LOL, cat whiskers make good tooth picks!!!!

[devistate one four]

I saw that once on the tube and it almost made me puke.Just another view of man at his best.

[ari-freedom]

Here kitty kitty

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I have great difficulty imagining someone skinning a live cat. Their hands would be shredded by the cat’s claws. Something has to be lost in translation.

[ari-freedom]

"We are very angry because the cats are being skinned and then cooked alive."

Like this?

[Viking2002]

'China protest decries custom of eating cats'

I have two Dachshunds that wholeheartedly support it. And they assure me that yes, they do taste like chicken. LOL