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Cat-stealing ring accused of taking 2,700 pets in Vietnam
Original: ho chi minh city cat theft
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have broken up a gang accused of stealing about 2,700 cats from homes to be slaughtered and sold for meat. CBS News reports the animals were taken from households across the city. The scale of the thefts has drawn attention to Vietnam's cat meat trade, which persists despite a government ban on its consumption.
Why now: The reported scale of the theft ring and the light it sheds on the cat meat trade in Vietnam is drawing international attention.
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamCBS News
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- Cat-stealing ring accused of taking 2,700 pets from homes to be slaughtered for food in Vietnam · CBS News
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