Man arrested for killing 600 live cats in boiling water

Article: 600 cats slaughtered alive by being boiled in hot water

Source: Yonhap News via Naver

A man in his fifties was arrested for killing 600 live cats by throwing them in hot water. He had captured the cats near households by alluring them with chicken and other foods. After boiling them for two minutes, he skinned them, gutted them, and then sold them for ~$15 to people who supposedly believed that eating cats would help with joint problems. The cats were killed and sold over the span of a year. 18 cats were still waiting to be slaughtered when officials broke into the slaughterhouse.

1. [+1,049, -51] The only reason people believe cats help joint pain is because cats are so flexible -_- why not eat mollusks then? Can't believe people are so stupid to blindly believe outdated myths like this and just eat everything they're told

2. [+768, -59] Not even worth calling human

3. [+617, -52] He really couldn't even have killed the cats before boiling them..

4. [+613, -63] Will such outdated beliefs disappear when the oldie generation that believes in them dies and goes away?

5. [+544, -35] There's no law against this, they say...

6. [+225, -24] People act like they'd even eat their own wives if someone said it was good for their health

7. [+182, -28] Grotesquely inhumane.. I hope he gets what he deserves in the same exact manner.

8. [+158, -28] Everyone wants to live long but I feel like Koreans are especially greedy when it comes to these bogus beliefs. Instead of trying to prove that there are health benefits, they just blindly follow the advice of others and eat whatever they're told to.

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Source: Nate [2]

1. [+1,173, -49] He should be put in boiling water for two minutes at a time over and over in hell...

2. [+1,036, -46] Horrifying.. can you even call him human.. I want to stick him in boiling water

3. [+960, -41] I'm so horrified. Humans have always killed animals for their own benefit but it's so unnecessary. And the way he killed them is so wrong! How could you take away an animal's life in such a painful manner.. does he have no guilt?

4. [+328, -10] So barbaric.. The belief came from back in the olden days when people had no medicine to fix joint pain so they thought eating cats would help humans become flexible like them... Then what, humans eating birds can make them fly too? Please, if your joints hurt, go to the hospital.

5. [+225, -7] So illogical. If your joints hurt, go to the hospital, get a shot, and get some medicine. Or go work out.. why would you resort to eating cat soup? They're barely living on the streets in dirty environments and eating out of trash cans. What would you want to eat them for?

6. [+206, -13] As the saying goes, you can judge a country by how they treat their animals... and Korea has a long way to go.

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