Cat meat

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Cat meat dish cooked in the Central African Republic

Cat meat is used, to a greater or lesser extent, for food in southern China , northern Vietnam , Korea and Peru .

In times of need, cat meat was also used in Europe instead of rabbit or hare meat. Therefore, domestic cats in the German language and roof rabbits , called UK "Roof-Rabbits".

Consumption of cat meat

Selling cats as a meat supplier in an East Asian market

In southern China and northern Vietnam , cat meat is described as "warming in winter". Both the cat's stomach and intestines are eaten, and the meat is often turned into meatballs while the head is thrown away. According to a market analysis published in February 2020, 8% of the people living in Hanoi have consumed cat meat in their lifetime. In the Chinese city of Pukuo ( Nanjing ) there are professional cat trappers, they regularly transport cats to the southern province of Guangdong , where they have become scarce since they were used as food.

In Korea , cat meat is sometimes cooked into a tonic for nerve pain and joint inflammation , but the meat itself is not very common as a food.

Cat cooking techniques are demonstrated at the Peruvian Santa Efigenia Festival in a town in La Quebrada in September.

Historically, cats were also eaten in the west. During World War II, more cat meat was eaten due to the food shortage. For example, according to the traditional recipe from farms in some regions, cats are cooked with thyme.

Residents of the Italian city ​​of Vicenza are still called "mangiagatti" ("cat-eaters"), a nickname in the Venetian language . In 2010, TV chef Beppe Bigazzi caused a national scandal when he gave advice on how to prepare cat meat on a TV show, pointing out that cat cooking was a tradition in Tuscany , especially in the Valdarno area .

Australian Aborigines in the Alice Springs area developed the custom of eating cats introduced by European settlers to the area, some on the grounds that cats are "a serious threat to Australian fauna." This custom is very controversial, as eating feral cats can lead to serious illness.

The consumption of cat meat is not allowed under Jewish and Islamic dietary laws.

Opponents of cat meat consumption

As pet ownership grew in popularity in China, so did the number of opponents of cat meat consumption. In June 2006, a group of 40 animal rights activists stormed Shenzhen's Fangji Restaurant , a restaurant that specializes in cat meat, and managed to force the restaurant to stop selling cat meat.

That happened about two years after the establishment of the Chinese Animal Protection Network , which began organizing well-publicized protests against the consumption of dog and cat meat in January 2006 , first in Guangzhou and then in more than ten other cities.

Vier Pfoten published the market analysis "The Dog and Cat Meat Trade in Southeast Asia: A Threat to Animals and People" in February 2020 and, together with the Change For Animals Foundation, calls on the Vietnamese government to abolish previously applicable laws that expressly restrict the trade in cat meat have forbidden to reinstate.

Legal

The ban on obtaining and offering cat meat arises

  • for Germany since May 2010 from Section 22 (1a) of the Animal Food Hygiene Ordinance (Tier-LMHV), if human consumption is intended; a - also negligent violation - is a criminal offense according to § 23 Abs. 1 Nr. 8 Tier-LMHV with § 58 LFGB . In addition, there is an import ban according to Section 13a of the Food Import Regulation (LMEV).
  • for Austria from Section 6 (2) of the Animal Welfare Act (TSchG) of 2004.
  • for Switzerland of Art. 2 of the Ordinance of the EDI over food of animal origin on 23 November 2005; The ban only applies to commercial traffic; Extraction and consumption for personal use are permitted as long as there is no violation of animal welfare legislation.

Literary processing

In the detective novel In the Name of the Katers by Haitian author Gary Victor (Litradukt, Trier 2019), the habit of some Haitians to consume cat meat when drinking because it is said to go particularly well with clairin (clear sugar cane liquor ) forms an essential element of the plot.

Web links

Commons : Cat Meat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Shenzhen Cat Meatball Restaurant. In: EastSouthWestNorth Blog. June 20, 2006, archived from the original on January 8, 2015 ; accessed on March 23, 2014 .
  2. ↑ The Dog and Cat Meat Trade in Southeast Asia: A Threat to Animals and People Harvard Kennedy School , February 2020 ( PDF; page 16 )
  3. ↑ Malcolm Moore: Cat-nappers feed Cantonese taste for pet delicacy . In: The Daily Telegraph . January 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ RSPCA : Campaigns - Dog and cat meat ( Memento of January 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) ( Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Missy Ryan: "Cat-eaters" take note - feline feast at Peru festival. In: Reuters . September 28, 2001, archived from the original on September 11, 2004 ; accessed on March 23, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Tony Paterson: Switzerland finds a way to skin a cat for the fur trade and high fashion. In: The Independent . April 24, 2008, accessed March 23, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Annette Langer : Scandal in Italy: TV chef recommends roasted cats . In: Spiegel Online . February 17, 2010.
  8. ↑ Phil Mercer: Australians cook up wild cat stew . In: BBC News . September 2, 2007.
  9. ^ Activists protest against cat eating in Shenzhen . In: Xinhua . June 18, 2006.
  10. ↑ Chinese Animal Protection Network (CAPN) website (English version)
  11. ↑ Zheng Caixiong: City bans popular Cantonese dish of snake and cat . In: China Daily . November 6, 2007.
  12. ^ Merritt Clifton: Guangzhou bans eating snakes - ban helps cats ( Memento of March 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: Animal People. November 2007.
  13. ↑ A FOUR PAWS report on the dog and cat meat trade in the Southeast Asia from February 11, 2020 in Dogcatmeat.four-paws.org
  14. ↑ Special dish "Little Tiger": Cat meat trade in Vietnam is booming from August 12, 2020 on Tt.com
  15. ↑ "It is forbidden to obtain meat from dogs, cats, other dog-like and cat-like animals (canids and felids) as well as from monkeys for the purpose of human consumption or to bring it into circulation", inserted by the first regulation amending regulations for Implementation of the Community food hygiene law of May 11, 2010 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 612 ); harvesting and placing on the market as feed animal or means of feed is therefore not recorded. Previously, Section 1, Paragraph 1, Clause 4 of the Meat Hygiene Act in the version from 2004 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 934 ; PDF; 3.7 MB). In principle, the regulation goes back to the law amending the Meat Inspection Act of April 13, 1986 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 398 ): "Meat from monkeys, dogs and cats may not be obtained for human consumption"; Materials: BT-Drs. 10/4410 (PDF; 517 kB). A more far-reaching initiative by Hesse in the Federal Council had previously failed, see BR-Drs. 183/85 (PDF; 91 kB)
  16. ↑ see previously § 15 of the Meat Hygiene Act in the version of 1991 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 118 ; PDF; 2.7 MB). This regulation probably goes back to the ordinance concerning the import of meat from bears, cats, foxes, badgers and other carnivorous animals that can be carriers of trichinae of August 10, 1933 (RGBl. I p. 579), later § 12 of the meat inspection law (FlBG), see RGBl. 1940 I p. 1465
  17. ↑ Federal Law Gazette No. 118/2004 : "It is forbidden to kill dogs or cats to obtain food or other products"; Materials: 446 BlgNr XXII. GP . See previously Art. 3 Para. 2 lit. t the agreement of the federal states according to Art. 15a B-VG to improve animal welfare in general and in particular in the non-agricultural area ( memento of July 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
  18. ↑ AS 2005 6043 (PDF; 623 kB) = SR 817.022.108 ; contains a list of the animal species permitted for commercial food production. Also previously Article 121 of the Food Ordinance (LMV) of March 1, 1995. - See also the judgment of the Swiss Federal Court of September 24, 1913, BGE 39 I 407 (appeal in cassation against a judgment of the Bucheggberg-Kriegstetten district court ; PDF; 422 kB) , whereby Art. 24 of the Federal Council Ordinance on the slaughter, the meat show and the trade in meat and meat products of 29 January 1909 was confirmed: "The trade in dog and cat meat and with goods made from it is prohibited".
  19. ↑ Art. 2 Para. 4 lit. a Food Act: "The law does not apply: for foodstuffs and everyday objects that are intended for personal use."