A
truck involved in a road accident in Changsha, capital of southern China's
Hunan Province, turned out to be loaded with dozens of boxes stuffed with
living cats.
When
news broke of the discovery, dozens of animal rights activists flocked to the
scene to "liberate" the animals.
The truck was loaded with around 50 boxes. The total number of cats was estimated to be around 1,000.
The
driver of the truck reportedly told the volunteers: "You guys have no
rights to touch my cargo" and "if you let go the cats I'll have to
cover all the compensations to the cargo owner."
Police
refused to let the cats be taken away by the volunteers, despite the driver
being unable to produce the correct documents for the transportation of
animals.
Animal
rights activists insist the cats were illegally captured and were on their way
to be slaughtered for food in the city of Guangdong, where cat and snake is
used in a popular dish known as Fight of Dragon and Tiger.
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