Cat meat
Cat meat used in each more or less limited extent, including in southern China, northern Vietnam, Korea, Peru, the United Kingdom and Switzerland for food.
In times of emergency and cat meat was used instead of rabbit or hare meat, so domestic cats in the German language also roof rabbits in the UK are called " Roof Rabbits ".
Consumption of cat meat
In southern China and northern Vietnam, cat meat is described as " warm in winter ". Both the stomach and the intestines of the cat be eaten and meatballs are made from the flesh like rotated while the head is thrown away. In the Chinese city Pukuo ( Nanjing), there are professional cat catcher, they transport regular cats to the southern province of Guangdong, where these have become scarce, since they are used as food.
In Korea, cat meat is sometimes prepared cooked to a tonic against nerve pain and joint inflammation, but the meat itself is not very common as food.
When Peruvian Santa Efigenia festival in a town in La Quebrada in September cats cooking techniques are demonstrated.
Historically cats have been eaten in the West. In Europe cats are consumed in some rural parts of Switzerland. It is only the prohibited trade with the meat, so there are farmers who are legally slaughter their surplus animals and can eat. During World War II more cat meat was eaten as a result of food shortages. According to the traditional recipe from farms of some regions, for example, cats are boiled with thyme.
Inhabitants of the Italian city of Vicenza are still called " mangiagatti " ( "cat eater "), a nickname of the Venetian language. 2010 tried the TV chef Beppe Bigazzi a national scandal when he advices to prepare cat meat was in a TV show and pointing out that the cats cooking in Tuscany, especially in the Valdarno area, have tradition.
Australian Aborigines in the area of Alice Springs have the custom designed to eat cats, the European settlers have introduced in the region, some on the grounds that cats are " a serious threat to the Australian fauna. " This practice is very controversial, as the food of feral cats can cause serious illness.
The consumption of cat meat is not permitted by Jewish and Islamic dietary laws.
Opponents of cat meat consumption
Since the ownership of cats has become increasingly popular as pets in China, and the number of opponents of cat meat consumption grew. In June 2006, a group of 40 animal rights activists stormed the restaurant Fangji in Shenzhen, a restaurant that specialized in cat meat, and managed to force the restaurant to cancel the sale of cat meat.
This developed about two years after the founding of the Chinese Animal Protection Network, which began in January 2006 to organize well-publicized protests against dog and cat consumption, first in Guangzhou and then in more than ten other cities.
Terms of Use
The prohibition to win cat meat and deliver results to
- For Germany since May 2010, § 22, Section 1a of the Animal Food Hygiene Regulation (animal LMHV ). In addition, there is an import ban pursuant to § 13a of the food import regulation ( LMEV ).
- For Austria from § 6 paragraph 2 of the Animal Protection Act ( LPA ) of 2004.
- For Switzerland under Article 2 of the Ordinance on foodstuffs of animal origin dated 23 November 2005; The prohibition applies only to commercial traffic; Production and consumption for personal use are permitted as long as no violation of the animal protection legislation exists.