Families were reunited with their missing pets after the crackdown on cat-meat trade.
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Families were reunited with their missing pets after the crackdown on cat-meat trade.
This photo released by Humane World for Animals Vietnam shows cats in cages that were seized by the police in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Jun 15, 2026. (Photo: AP/Phuong Pham/Humane World for Animals Vietnam)
17 Jun 2026 03:23PM
(Updated: 17 Jun 2026 03:42PM)
Police rescue hundreds of cats from being eaten in Vietnam with bust of major animal theft ring
Police rescue more than 400 cats from being eaten in Vietnam in a bust of a major animal theft ring
Police rescue hundreds of cats from being eaten in Vietnam
Dozens of stolen cats reunited with owners after Vietnam rescues 400 from meat-trade ring - VnExpress International
Vietnam police rescue hundreds of cats stolen for meat by animal crime ring
Vietnam police rescue more than 400 cats from animal theft crime ring
Hundreds of cats rescued from being eaten in Vietnam
Stolen felines reunited with owners after Vietnam cat-meat bust
Nine arrested, 400 cats saved: Vietnam police crack down on pet theft network selling animals for meat
Vietnam cats rescued from slaughter as police bust theft ring
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police in Vietnam seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring in Ho Chi Minh City,…
Police in Vietnam have seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of an animal theft ring last week. Animal welfare groups and…
Police in Vietnam seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of an animal theft ring
More than 40 abducted cats have been reunited with owners after Vietnam police busted a feline theft ring and rescued 400 pets…
Major operation launched after spate of pet thefts in Ho Chi Minh City, according to local media
Animal welfare groups say the bust highlights the 'enormous scale' of the country's cat meat trade.
