The distressing story of how cats in China are being reared for their meat and kept in horrific conditions as they await slaughter has prompted an unprecedented response from femail.co.uk readers.

In China, cats are reared for one reason ... Mr Kung, who buys a ton of cat meat a week, tours the villages in a van and collects the animals in wooden crates before piling them into a huge ...

Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organisation said. The animals were crammed into rusty cages when they were ...

Festive Fido and feline food have become an emerging and “under-supplied” niche market that is bucking the trend despite China’s economic slowdown. China’s “cat and dog parents” total ...