Chinese animal lovers rescue 375 cats from illegal slaughterhouse
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Hundreds of cats were saved from slaughter this week after a group of animal lovers stumbled upon an illegal slaughterhouse in northeast China, according to local media reports.
The people, all members of a local animal welfare group in the city of Tianjin, had been out looking for a lost pet cat when they spotted the premises.
“There was a run-down house in the middle of nowhere with cat hair, skin and animal entrails scattered along the road leading to it,” a woman surnamed Shi was quoted as saying by Thecover.cn.
Local people knew there was an illegal slaughterhouse operating somewhere in the area but had never been able to find it, the report said.
When the group entered the premises they found a total of 375 cats crammed inside 24 tiny cages, Meiri Daily News reported. The rescue effort began on Sunday night and continued into the early hours of Monday morning.