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[Vulcan]

Stray cats turned into 'lamb' kebabs
09 January 2006  

SHANGHAI: Shanghai street vendors are using the meat from stray cats to supplement lamb to make kebabs, an animal welfare organisation said.


The Shanghai Small Animal Association has just completed a one-year investigation in which kebab samples, mostly lamb but sometimes rabbit, tested positively for cat meat.

Although cats are a delicacy in wealthy Guangdong province in the south, diners elsewhere in China tend towards more conventional meat, prompting some street vendors to pass cat meat off as mutton in a city where stray cats are two a penny.

"There's no way of protecting cats here, no laws that defend their rights," said Li Ruohai, director of the Shanghai Small Animal Association.

"Actually the problem is both dogs and cats. There's around 100,000 stray cats and dogs in the city, so people take them by force. It's a big problem."

Li said the problem began with Shanghai residents who bought cats as pets, or received them as presents, but soon tired of them.

[NUKE]

It's no wonder why Asia is the origin of a lot of desease, not that eating ***** is all bad

[MrRiplEy[H]]

If these animals were not pets eating them would pose no problem for anyone. I'm more amazed on how they manage to get a considerable amount of meat off the skinny streetdogs not to even mention cats.

[Holden McGroin]

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
If these animals were not pets eating them would pose no problem for anyone. I'm more amazed on how they manage to get a considerable amount of meat off the skinny streetdogs not to even mention cats.

Dogs quite a delicacy over there, restaraunts usually serve purpose bred dog (ie more expensive than beef, chicke, or pork).

[StarOfAfrica2]

I remember when I first moved into the city in St Louis, seeing this building across the street from where I worked.  It was divided in half, one side was a veterinarian's office, the other half was a chinese restaraunt.  I laughed every time I came to work for the first 6 months.  Hehe.

[dmf]

And people at work wonder why I never eat chinses.
You ever see a chicken wing that big on a chicken?

[Gh0stFT]

avoid to buy/eat ground meat you never know for real whats in it.
we use a meat grinder at home if we need ground meat.

ofcourse if you are not at home and eat unknown "stuff" dont blame
anyone if wired things happen *g*

[Maverick]

I fail to see where there is a problem there other than mislabeling the content of the meal. It's their country, their choice of what to eat. As long as they are not stealing pets to sell for food and they properly labeled the meat there is nothing wrong with it.

[rpm]

Cat.
The other white meat.

[Schatzi]

Just tell an indian youre eating Cow meat, or a Muslim pork meat....



..... just because were not used to it doeasnt mean it has to be bad!





PS: Ive heard guinea pig is very tasty .

[nirvana]

It's a cultural difference.  Someone raised in a cannibalistic society might think a human roasting over coals smell quite delicious.  Like Maverick, I don't see the problem except mislabeling what is being eaten.


Cuy Chactado or Guinea Pig is a delicacy in Peru, Schatzi:aok

[joowenn]

I could eat a cat if I had to but I prefer not to.

[SMIDSY]

odd things i have eaten (and not thrown up)

Hagis
roasted mill worm (interesting)
aligator (FRIGGIN AWSOME!!!)
cat (meh)
ostridge (like sweet chicken kinda)
cow tounge

[Vulcan]

I thought cow tongue was quite common (it is here).