What affects us affects cats
It’s the year of the dog in China. That does not mean the dog or pets generally are about to get a better deal in China. The Chinese are getting wealthier which is unsurprising since they produce half the world’s goods or it seems that way. Dog ownership has risen rapidly (what about cats?). …
Because of the trade war between China and America, Chinese cat and dog owners are struggling to get their hands on American cat and dog food. The more discerning Chinese pet owner is buying American pet food because they simply cannot trust the Chinese stuff. And frankly, judging by the stories on the Internet …
It looks like China is the next big market for domestic cats. Things are changing. China’s ’empty nest youth’ are a major factor in the growth of the cat products market in China. They are a growing population of young Chinese obsessed with cats. For example a guy who works in the financial sector …
I am sensing the very early signs of a desire to introduce animal welfare legislation in China. At the moment there is none and the pet industry is expanding rapidly. There is a demand for regulations in a country where cat and dog ownership is also increasing rapidly. He Hairen, a researcher in legal …
A shop in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China has introduced a cat rental/sharing service. Justifiably the concept has outraged animal advocates. It can’t work. It is treating cats as if they are cars. The terms and conditions seem to be horrendous to me. Customers pay a rental for a cat of 39.9 yuan per day. …
This is too degrading for the human race and too cruel for the millions of cats needlessly and brutally slaughtered for their flesh and fur. Fortunately it is not just people like me who detest the cat and dog meat trade (three times as many dogs are killed in the trade). Yes, we must …
This pretty Asian woman is the devil incarnate. She looks lovingly into her cat’s eyes and then tortures and kills her in the washing machine and films it!
You may have noticed the international outcry against the cat and dog meat trade in China. This is when cats and dogs (domestic and feral) are rounded up off the streets and shipped to marketplaces where they are slaughtered and sold as meat. The whole thing is quite brutal and the killing of the …
