Author: Erin Elizabeth

After a young man suspected his cat had been stolen by an illegal slaughterhouse in Tianjin, China, he contacted a a group of animal activists in the north east. When the team from China Animal Protection Power arrived to the location, they were shocked to find 24 wire cages containing 375 cats, most starved and sickly. And outside the building were piles of cat hair, the remnants of perhaps thousands of cats that had already been killed. CAPP had long suspected that there was an illegal cat slaughterhouse in this area of Tianjin’s suburbs, however, it was only after the tip-off from the young man that they were able to pinpoint the location. The man’s cat had disappeared two weeks previously and he was convinced that it had been stolen by pet thieves who snatch animals for the meat trade. While searching for his pet, he stumbled across the illegal slaughter operation.”1 A leading member of CAPP called Huang said, “The first three cages of the cats we saw were heart breaking. They were cages of misery. The hungry and sick cats cried louder when we approached them, as if asking us to help them.”2 RELATED STORY: Grumpy street cat LOVES being a grandpa to foster kittens Cat and dog theft is rampant in China and in many parts of the country, there is a complete lack of action by...