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'I've killed 31 today already, it's the best meat there is': Disturbing boom in pet cats being snatched off Vietnamese streets to be served illegally in restaurants as 'baby tiger' with noodles.
Pet cats are being snatched off the streets and killed in their ten of thousands across Asia - to feed the booming appetite for their meat in Vietnam.
Restaurants serving domestic cats – sold as a delicacy known as 'baby tiger' – are springing up across northern Vietnam, despite laws against eating the animals.
And at one restaurant – an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi – the owner told MailOnline demand is so high he'd slaughtered 31 cats already that day just to keep up.
EXCLUSIVE - 'I've killed 31 today already, it's the best meat there is': Disturbing boom in pet cats being sna
Moggie meat served in Vietnam as an expensive delicacy called 'baby tiger'Serving cat is banned - but big customers are police officers and lawyersFelines are cooped up in tiny cages then killed, skinned and filleted to eat Pet cats are being snatched off the streets and killed in their ten of thousands across Asia - to feed the booming appetite for their meat in Vietnam.
Restaurants serving domestic cats – sold as a delicacy known as 'baby tiger' – are springing up across northern Vietnam, despite laws against eating the animals.And at one restaurant – an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi – the owner told MailOnline demand is so high he'd slaughtered 31 cats already that day just to keep up. Scroll down for video Caught, skinned and boned: A wheelbarrow load of cats arrives at popular restaurant near Hanoi, Vietnam
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A cat knapper is paid anything between £37 to £52 by a restaurateur per animal, depending on its size.In January a lorry with three tonnes of cats crammed into bamboo cages stacked one on top of another was seized by police on its way to Hanoi from China.
Banned: Police officers and lawyers are some of the restaurant's biggest customers Some of the animals perished in searing heat during the journey – and the rest were crushed to death after they were rescued amid fears they might spread disease.The truck driver was fined just £250 (7.5 million Dong) for smuggling them.
And a MailOnline probe has found pet cats destined for the dinner table are being held in horrific conditions as they await slaughter.In Va Town, Bac Ninh province, an hour's drive from Hanoi, is the popular Quy Beo restaurant where 'baby tiger' is served daily.
The restaurant's most popular dishes are cat meat hot pot, on sale for around £40 pounds and feeds seven – a huge sum in rural Vietnam. Cat meat noodles are £3 pounds a bowl.
'I've killed 31 today already, it's the best meat there is': Disturbing boom in pet cats being snatched off Vietnamese streets to be served illegally in restaurants as 'baby tiger' with noodles.
Pet cats are being snatched off the streets and killed in their ten of thousands across Asia - to feed the booming appetite for their meat in Vietnam.
Restaurants serving domestic cats – sold as a delicacy known as 'baby tiger' – are springing up across northern Vietnam, despite laws against eating the animals.
And at one restaurant – an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi – the owner told MailOnline demand is so high he'd slaughtered 31 cats already that day just to keep up.
EXCLUSIVE - 'I've killed 31 today already, it's the best meat there is': Disturbing boom in pet cats being sna
Moggie meat served in Vietnam as an expensive delicacy called 'baby tiger'Serving cat is banned - but big customers are police officers and lawyersFelines are cooped up in tiny cages then killed, skinned and filleted to eat Pet cats are being snatched off the streets and killed in their ten of thousands across Asia - to feed the booming appetite for their meat in Vietnam.
Restaurants serving domestic cats – sold as a delicacy known as 'baby tiger' – are springing up across northern Vietnam, despite laws against eating the animals.And at one restaurant – an hour's drive from the capital Hanoi – the owner told MailOnline demand is so high he'd slaughtered 31 cats already that day just to keep up. Scroll down for video Caught, skinned and boned: A wheelbarrow load of cats arrives at popular restaurant near Hanoi, Vietnam
MORE......
A cat knapper is paid anything between £37 to £52 by a restaurateur per animal, depending on its size.In January a lorry with three tonnes of cats crammed into bamboo cages stacked one on top of another was seized by police on its way to Hanoi from China.
Banned: Police officers and lawyers are some of the restaurant's biggest customers Some of the animals perished in searing heat during the journey – and the rest were crushed to death after they were rescued amid fears they might spread disease.The truck driver was fined just £250 (7.5 million Dong) for smuggling them.
And a MailOnline probe has found pet cats destined for the dinner table are being held in horrific conditions as they await slaughter.In Va Town, Bac Ninh province, an hour's drive from Hanoi, is the popular Quy Beo restaurant where 'baby tiger' is served daily.
The restaurant's most popular dishes are cat meat hot pot, on sale for around £40 pounds and feeds seven – a huge sum in rural Vietnam. Cat meat noodles are £3 pounds a bowl.
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