Vu Quang Nguyen, Program Manager of Companion Animals for HSI Vietnam, carries cats out of the slaughterhouse. The cats were transported by truck to a cat shelter at the Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry.
Vu Quang Nguyen, Program Manager of Companion Animals for HSI Vietnam, carries cats out of the slaughterhouse.
  • A restaurant in Thái Nguyên, Vietnam, that killed up to 300 cats a month has shut down.
  • Its owner said he knew some were people's pets but that he needed the money.
  • The owner got a grant from Humane Society International to close the restaurant.

A Vietnamese restaurant that drowned up to 300 cats a month to feed diners has closed down.