Kitteh lovers beware...this will piss you off.

[formercia]



Truck accident spares 1,000 cats from China restaurants

Wednesday, January 16, 2013


Volunteers in China have rescued more than 1,000 cats that they found crammed in crates on the side of the road after the truck that was carrying them crashed, The Daily Mail reports. The felines were originally meant to be sold to the restaurants of Guangdong in the Hunan province, China Daily reports.
Photos show the animals being fed while still in the crates, before they were taken to the Changsha Small Animal Protection Association to be treated.
The Daily Mail reports that cats, considered a delicacy, often spend up to two months squeezed into tiny crates before they are sold by the pound or in bulk to restaurant owners. Villagers in the countryside raise the cats to make extra money. The cats are kept alive before they are selected by each diner, much as one would select a lobster in a seafood restaurant, according to the report.

http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2013/01/truck-accident-spares-1000-cats-from-china-restaurants/

Not my Kittehs. I would share my last bite of food with them.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. I must go to the wrong restaurants

I've never been offered a choice of which live animal I want killed, cleaned, and cooked. Not a lobster, a salmon, a cow, a pig. And certainly not a cat.

I'm assuming that the trade in cat meat is legal, or accepted, in Guangdong. Being an omnivore, I can't condemn a culture for eating a particular species that I would try to avoid.

I hope they find homes for the thousand cats. Meanwhile, the villagers are raising more cats to meet the demand.

[OriginalGeek]

2. Bonsai Cow!

http://www.monkeyspit.net/sites/bonsaicow/

The Bonsai Cow is a one-of-a-kind restaurant, serving the freshest, most tender beef available. A truly unique dining experience. Upon entering the restaurant, the first thing you notice is the large indoor pasture. There, our specially-bred miniature cows contentedly graze and frolic for your amusement. The cows, "bonsai" versions of such breeds as Holstein and Jersey, average 14" tall at the shoulder and weigh about 18 pounds.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Exactly! The proprietor is wearing a tuxedo ...

... and the tables all have tablecloths.

It'd be highly unlikely that I'd be there for dinner, selecting a small mammal (not a cat) for dinner.

I thought places like that were only in the movies.

[HarveyDarkey]

4. Made me think of this

[In_The_Wind]

5. . . .

so long
& thanks for the fishes


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[joeybee12]

6. For those of you willing to write this off as a cultural difference...

I hope you do at least see that these animals are not treated well prior to being eaten...just as many cattle and pigs and other livestock are raised here.