Every year in Vietnam, FOUR PAWS estimates that more than 6 million dogs and cats are brutally stolen, trafficked, and killed for their meat, many of whom are stolen pets. While most people know about the dog meat trade, few know about the horrors that their feline friends endure. Unlike the trade in dog meat, the cat meat trade goes largely unreported despite increasing reports of cat theft and interceptions of trucks carrying hundreds of live and dead cats being illegally transported to restaurants across the country.

Millions of cats suffer in silence in the trade that involves unimaginable extreme cruelty and suffering. And even worse, the cat meat dish, ‘Little Tiger’ is increasing in popularity and availability across the country. According to FOUR PAWS research, a kilo of dog meat fetches between $7.30 and $10.90: Cat meat, on the other hand, can cost up to $13.30 per kilo – in the case of a black cat, even up to $24.30.  Black cats are specifically targeted due to their perceived medicinal value and are killed using incredibly painful methods to preserve their bile and bones for use in balms and other products.