According to the 2013 study, one of these cats died at an old age, with dull teeth, apparently eating a diet of grain, which suggests that someone might have been caring for it. Chinese farmers ...

Animals Asia Foundation believe renewed interest in eating cat is linked to the upturn in the economic fortunes of Guangdong, the most prosperous province in China. 'People have more money in ...

New research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade route. The study, which analyzed 22 feline remains from 14 archaeological ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

Animal rights leaders such as Professor Lu Di of the China Small Animals Protection ... the number of people eating dogs and cats is minimal," Chang said. In the south, dogs and cats remain ...

apparently eating a diet of grain, which suggests that someone might have been caring for it. Domestic cats began spreading to China from the Middle East about 1,400 years ago. anonymous ...