The he cat snatcher
| Published date | 20 July 2023 |
| Publication title | Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) |
The 47-year-old is part of a network of super thieves, slaughterhouses and restaurants responsible for the slaughter of a million cats a year in Vietnam.
Yesterday a probe revealed the horrendous cruelty inflicted on the animals to satisfy a growing demand for this so-called exotic meat.
Most of the restaurant demand is in Hanoi where some restaurants buy them direct from thieves and slaughter them on site as we revealed yesterday in our investigation from the capital.
But to meet demand cats are snatched across the country and sent to slaughterhouses to supply them.
I travelled south to the province of Dong Thap, near Ho Chi Minh City, to quiz Nguyenn, who has agreed to meet and defend his trade.
He shuffled uncomfortably in his seat when I confronted him with pictures showing cats being battered and skinned by a barbaric de-furring machine.
But he was emotionless as I questioned him further about the cruelty and told him he collects cats as if he was picking vegetables from the fields.
Only when I pushed him on what his kids thought of it did I see a glimmer of humanity towards the animals he traps.
He...
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