Cat meat is meat derived from cats. It is eaten sporadically in southern China and northern Vietnam where some people consider it a good warming food during winter months. The cat's stomach and intestines are eaten, as well as the thighs, which are turned into meatballs. The head and the rest of the animal are thrown away.^[1] Cats are sometimes boiled and made into a tonic as a folk remedy for neuralgia and arthritis in Korea, though the meat by itself is not customarily eaten.^[2] Kinnikuman character, see Meat Alexandria. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ... Neuralgia is a painful disorder of the nerves. ... Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a group of conditions where there is damage caused to the joints of the body. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...

With the rise of pet cat ownership in China, more people have become opposed to the traditional use of cat as food. In June 2006, approximately 40 animal activists stormed the Fangji Cat Meatball Restaurant, a local restaurant specializing in cat meat in Shenzhen, China. They managed to force the restaurant to shut down and discontinue its selling of cat meat.^[3] While cats are known to occasionally be eaten in Guangdong, Sichuan, and elsewhere, consumption of cat meat has been quite rare in China even compared to dog meat, and is unheard of in many areas. Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with Hong Kong. ... Guangdong, often spelt as Kwangtung, is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: SzÅ­4-chuan1; Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in the central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... A platter of cooked dog meat In some countries, apart from being kept as pets, certain breeds of dogs are raised on farms and slaughtered for their meat. ...

Because cats are regarded as carnivorous animals, consumption of cat meat is not permissible under Islamic dietary laws.^[4] harām (Arabic: حرام Ḥarām, Turkish: Haram, Malay: Haram) is an Arabic word, used in Islam to refer to anything that is prohibited by the faith. ... This is a sub-article to Hygiene in Islam, Healthy diet and Food and cooking hygiene. ...

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See also

• Dog meat
• Cantonese cuisine
• List of meat animals
• Taboo food and drink

A platter of cooked dog meat In some countries, apart from being kept as pets, certain breeds of dogs are raised on farms and slaughtered for their meat. ... Cantonese (Yue) cuisine originates from Guangdong Province in southern China, or more precisely, the area around Canton (Guangzhou). ... The following is a list of meats that humans eat. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

External links

• Website on cat meat in southern China