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| A keeper checking caged cats at a house in Wuhan. The cats will eventually end up in restaurants in Southern China |
In a gloomy and damp single-story house in the rural-urban fringe of the city, hundreds of cats are locked in a foul-smelling room.
The terrified animals were rounded up in neighbouring provinces, and they will be killed in southern China to end up on dinner tables.
"After gathering a certain number, around 300, the cats will be moved to sell to restaurants in Guangdong province and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region," a 'guardian' of the cats surnamed Zhou, told China Daily.
Zhou said, since it was getting cold, people in Guangdong and Guangxi eat cat meat to supplement their diet.
So his boss opened this cat shipping station on Baishazhou Avenue, Wuhan, in October, and is paying him around 1,000 Yuan (RM496.70) a month.
"After gathering a certain number, around 300, the cats will be moved to sell to restaurants in Guangdong province and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region," a 'guardian' of the cats surnamed Zhou, told China Daily.
Zhou said, since it was getting cold, people in Guangdong and Guangxi eat cat meat to supplement their diet.
So his boss opened this cat shipping station on Baishazhou Avenue, Wuhan, in October, and is paying him around 1,000 Yuan (RM496.70) a month.
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