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Yesterday night, after enjoying a drink at one of our favorite pubs, we were strolling home along Fuxing Lu in the Luwan district. At one o' clock the streets were empty except for the odd beggar or δΈ²-seller. It was then we noticed a middle aged man in a white shirt who seemed to be fiddling with something like a cage. As we came closer we saw that it was indeed a cage, about 30cm high and around 50cm long. Inside the cage, two small, live sparrows (or some similar kind of bird) were hung upside down from the wire ceiling.
"What are you doing?" we asked.
The man waved his hands and looked away in a "please don't bother me" way.
The we realized: The open end of the cage was set against the wrought irons gates of a residential area, and behind the gate - small enough to slip through the bars of it - was a black cat, staring transfixed at the fluttering, bound birds. This guy must have been catching cats for Guandong dinner tables.
What was more, the cat was wearing a collar with a bell attached to it. Obviously it belonged to someone.
"That cat is someone's pet! You can't take it!", we yelled and shooed the cat away from the gate.
"No, ehum, we wouldn't take a pet", the man in white shirt mumbled and lifted his cage away.
We continued our walk and then peaked over our shoulders. The man in white shirt was once again setting up his cage by the gate, but a loud: "AY! AY! AY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" from us made him pick it up and leave. Although, we have no doubt that later that night he set up his cage somewhere else, out of sight of nosy pub crawlers.
We may have saved one cat, but goodness knows how many weren't lucky enough to have pet-loving laowai around that night. Remember: it is a bad idea to let your cat out in Shanghai, even if it's wearing a collar with name tag and knows its way home. Cat snatchers aren't fussy about selling pets as food and you can't always guarantee that your friendly neighborhood Shanghaiist will be there to save Fuzzy from them.
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Where in Shanghai do they have cat on the menu? Any recommendations?
I don't think they will have cat on the menu in Shanghai. Probably, they will transport these cat to Canton.
I have yet to try Cat Cuisine, if anyone knows where in shanghai I can have this delicacy, let me know. And for those who are not to happy about these cat snatchers, thats a different story, just take care of your cat as you would your child.
As far as I know, the Cantonese are into cat eating. There is a favorite dish called Dragon, Tiger, Phoenix. The Dragon is snake. The Cat is the tiger and the chicken is the Phoenix.
You folks shud start something with the Shanghai authorities. Baby steps need to be taken to stop this kind of thing.
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These cat snatchers need to be skinned alive and eaten!! I'm sick and tired of the cats being taken for food and fur. When will we be civilized!! Perhaps someone needs to dangle him in front of a pack of wild dogs to feed on his flesh and tear him apart slowly. Then he will know what it's like for the cats! Or better yet, throw him into boiling water and tear his burning flesh from his putrid body. And kudos the the people for speaking up! We need more of you here.
These cat snatchers need to be skinned alive and eaten!! I'm sick and tired of the cats being taken for food and fur. When will we be civilized!! Perhaps someone needs to dangle him in front of a pack of wild dogs to feed on his flesh and tear him apart slowly. Then he will know what it's like for the cats! Or better yet, throw him into boiling water and tear his burning flesh from his putrid body. And kudos the the people for speaking up! We need more of you here.
"This guy must have been catching cats for Guandong dinner tables."
How do you know that? Bit of an assumption. You can't be totally sure of his purpose and they could be going anywhere not just Guangdong. Yes it looked pretty dodgy what he was doing but it would be better to put it in context and let readers decide for themselves exactly what he was doing.
Cammy. that is because Guangdong people are the only people who eat cats, even though dogs are eaten in more places.
Dude way to ruin the Guangdong economy! What if they needed to catch a quota of cats that night to feed their own family? Who are we to judge someone else as uncivilized? Leave the natives alone, its their culture and lifestyle.