{"id":274667,"date":"2026-06-17T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=274667"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:32:02","slug":"vietnam-exposes-cat-theft-ring-rescuing-more-than-400-cats-destined-for-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/274667\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam exposes cat theft ring, rescuing more than 400 cats destined for slaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 400 cats destined for slaughter have been rescued in Vietnam after authorities dismantled an alleged feline theft ring, the BBC<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Nine people have been arrested in connection with what police described as a “criminal group specializing in stealing and collecting cats”, AFP cited the official newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City police.<\/p>\n

Officers recovered more than 400 live cats and around 80 dead animals preserved on ice during raids on sites in Tay Ninh Province and Ho Chi Minh City last week. A further 21 cats were seized at a separate facility.<\/p>\n

The consumption of dog and cat meat is legal in Vietnam, but vendors require permits that show the origin of animals.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 400 cats destined for slaughter have been rescued in Vietnam after authorities dismantled an alleged feline theft ring, the BBC writes. Nine people have been arrested in connection with what police described as a “criminal group specializing in stealing and collecting cats”, AFP cited the official newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City police. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":274653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274669,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274667\/revisions\/274669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}