Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organization said.
A gang placed sparrows in cages as bait and used a remote control to shut the traps as soon as each cat entered, an activist with local animal rights group VShine said.
Most of the rescued felines are believed to have been household pets and have been sent to local animal shelters, the statement added. Around 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are killed for human consumption each year in China, according to the society. A woman walks past a dog vendor waiting for buyers at a market during the annual dog meat festival in Yulin, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 21, 2016., where live canines and cats are sold for eating.
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