食肉処理場に向かう車両から猫1000匹救出、豚肉・羊肉と偽装して販売か 中国

1,000 cats rescued from vehicle headed for slaughterhouse, sold disguised as pork or mutton in China

1,000 cats rescued from vehicle headed for slaughterhouse, sold disguised as pork or mutton in China
中国の警察がこのほど、約1000匹の猫を食肉処理場に向かうトラックから救出しました

Chinese police recently rescued about 1,000 cats from a truck heading to a slaughterhouse.

Chinese police recently rescued about 1,000 cats from a truck heading to a slaughterhouse.
政府系のメディアが報じました

Government media reported

Government media reported
これは違法な取引の一部で、猫の肉を豚肉や羊肉として不正に販売しようとしていたとみられます

This appears to be part of an illegal trade in which cat meat was illegally sold as pork or mutton.

This appears to be part of an illegal trade in which cat meat was illegally sold as pork or mutton.
事態を受け、食品の安全性に対する国内での懸念が改めて噴出しています

The situation has once again raised concerns in Japan about food safety.

The situation has once again raised concerns in Japan about food safety.
動物愛護の活動家から今月に入って寄せられた情報を基に、東部の江蘇省、張家港市の警察官らは捕獲した猫の収集、運搬に使用する車両1台を停止させました

Acting on information received from animal rights activists earlier this month, police officers in Zhangjiagang city in eastern Jiangsu province stopped a vehicle used to collect and transport captured cats.

Acting on information received from animal rights activists earlier this month, police officers in Zhangjiagang city in eastern Jiangsu province stopped a vehicle used to collect and transport captured cats.
政府系ニュースメディアの澎湃新聞が伝えますた

This is reported by the government-affiliated news media, Penguin Newspaper.

This is reported by the government-affiliated news media, Penguin Newspaper.
報道によると、警察が介入しなければ猫たちは食肉処理され、串焼き用やソーセージ用の豚肉、羊肉として出荷されていた公算が大きいということです

According to reports, if the police had not intervened, the cats would have likely been slaughtered and shipped as pork or mutton for skewers and sausages.

According to reports, if the police had not intervened, the cats would have likely been slaughtered and shipped as pork or mutton for skewers and sausages.