r/offbeat • u/Sariel007 • 3d ago

Vietnamese police arrest 12 suspected of prowling city streets at night, snatching cats for meat

https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-police-cat-meat-pets-17684b3f763a5defeef21042732ea296
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u/Puzzleheaded-King584 3d ago

Hope they catch anyone else involved before more go missing.

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u/Random_182f2565 3d ago

If I express my honest opinion about what it should be done to those people, my reddit account will be banned

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u/HimikoTogaFromUSSR 2d ago

And even if we ignore empathy for those furballs, they help to keep infection-ridden rodents like mice in check, thus keeping people safe

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u/periclesmage 2d ago

The weird thing is in 1998, Vietnam suffered a massive rat infestation that threatened grain crops and agriculture. Recognizing that cats were natural pest control, the Vietnamese government formally banned the slaughter and consumption of cat meat and ordered cat restaurants to close.

However, this ban created a lucrative black market. When the law was officially repealed in 2020, an established underground supply chain—relying heavily on stolen pets and illicit imports—was already firmly in place.

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u/Lost_Department_2177 2d ago

Rats eat the food off the street cats eat the rats rats eat the cats the justice system eats the rats

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u/ensui67 2d ago

Give them keys to the cat shelter?