China Cat Lovers Rescue Kittens Meant for Dinner

Oh here's a fun story... over the weekend in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province (a few hours south of Shanghai), a bunch of cat lovers rescued 800 kittens that were going to be sent down to Guangdong (where they eat all that weird stuff). Supposedly these cats were meant to be eaten too.

Shanghai Animal Protection Association President Zhang Yi appealed to society to cultivate better dining habits. [source]

These cat lovers are speciesists!

Now, my spell check is telling me speciesist and speciesism is not a word. (it's recommending "spacesuit" hah). But the word is in the dictionary:

discrimination in favor of one species, usually the human species, over another, esp. in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans.

Maybe you didn't know, there's a whole debate about this stuff. This guy thinks animal rights activists are misguided - The Speciesist's Corner. This guy asks, Is Christianity Irredeemably Speciesist?.

Part of the whole issue is concerned with humans thinking they are better than animals. But another part of the debate asks why one animal is regarded higher than another.

All that aside, the question begs to be answered -- why are these guys saving cats? What about the pigs, the chickens, the cows, the ducks. Ducks are cute too.

If all that's too heavy for you, watch this woman train her cat to eat with a fork. Hey is that reverse speciesism?