They find 2,000 dead cats in Vietnam with which they would have produced traditional remedies

The Vietnamese police discovered a warehouse in the south of the country where they were located about 2,000 dead cats and another 480 alive that would have been used for production traditional medicine remedies.

According to online newspaper VnExpress, local authorities found the bodies of the cats on Thursday at a slaughterhouse in Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta. No label or certificate of health or origin of the animals was found in the place.

With a total volume of four tons, the corpses were stored in a cold room, waiting be transformed into products of traditional medicine through a long boiling processaccording to the newspaper.

Some Vietnamese people believe that cat bone extracts can help treat diseases such as asthma and osteoporosis.

A spokesman for the slaughterhouse quoted by local media indicated that the cats had been purchased at various locations in the area and would be transported to northern Vietnam.

As for the 480 live cats, they would have been sold in Ho Chi Minh, the country’s most populous city, about 150 kilometers from Dong Thap.

In this sense, Vo Be Hien, director of the livestock department of Dong Thap, said that the slaughterhouse is not authorized to slaughter cats, for which he will receive a fine, pending the police decide whether they have occurred. – classify crimes.

He Eating cats and dogs is still legal in Vietnamand many of the country’s restaurants serve meat, but those commercial establishments must present the certificates of origin of the animals.

Authorities will remove the four tons of feline meat, while the 480 live cats have been temporarily sent to a farm.

According to the NGO Four Paws International, even one million cats are victims of the illegal trade in Vietnam each year.

The traditional medicine industry is a major driver of the illegal wildlife trade in Asia, and Vietnam is a hub of consumption and transportation.