Truck crashes, cats escape cooking pot

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Meanwhile in the southern province of China, around 600 cats stuffed into wooden crates and destined for dinner plates were rescued by animal protection volunteers after a truck crash, a volunteer said on Thursday.

Volunteers hauled the felines from the lorry on 14 January after the accident in the central city of Changsha, said Xu Chenxin of the Changsha Small Animal Protection Association.

About another 100 were already dead.

Pictures of the rescue, showing volunteers unloading the crates late at night, were widely shared on Chinese social media sites.

Many of the cats, which were white and plump, had escaped or died after being left out in the cold for more than 24 hours.

The volunteer group negotiated with one of the truck's drivers to buy the animals for 10,000 yuan (about S$2,000) and they were now awaiting adoption, Xu said. "We've already had inquiries from families across Changsha."

Cats are not commonly eaten in most parts of China but restaurants, particularly in the south, continue to serve the animal as food. The country does not have any laws to protect non-endangered animals.