<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>The Independent</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/1000-stolen-cats-are-rescued-in-china-9944901.html#">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/1000-stolen-cats-are-rescued-in-china-9944901.html#</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><div class="storyContent" style="text-align: justify;"><h1 class="title" style="outline: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 2.2em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">1,000 stolen cats are rescued in China</h1><h5 style="font-weight: normal;"><p style="text-align: start;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Online pet owners manage to stop thieves before they sold the kidnapped kitties</span></font></p><p style="text-align: start;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There's been a feline Christmas miracle in north-eastern China with the rescue of more than 1,000 cats - who had been destined to be sold for their meat and fur.</span></font></p></h5></div><div class="storyContent" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="body"><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Police in Liaoning Province say they busted a six-strong ring of cat plunderers who had amassed an enormous, ill-gotten gathering of both wild and domesticated cats over the course of December. </span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1397559/cat-snatch-gang-rumbled-by-pet-owners">According to Sky News</a>, the men, who ran their operation in the City of Dalian, were roaming the city for more cats to pilfer every night - before being rumbled by an online group of pet lovers.</span></font></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But it's not such bad news: so far more than 300 of the cats have been reunited with their owners.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">300 of the cats have so far found their way home.</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><img src="cid:BF9D6FB4-02E0-49E4-8E2E-DB2FBEDEAAB0" alt="image3.jpeg" id="BF9D6FB4-02E0-49E4-8E2E-DB2FBEDEAAB0"></p><p style="text-align: start;"><img src="cid:A08960C5-E37D-4B93-B8A0-4DE6BE0D9A76" alt="image2.jpeg" id="A08960C5-E37D-4B93-B8A0-4DE6BE0D9A76"></p><p style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_122714_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_122714_01.jpg</a></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_122714_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_122714_02.jpg</a></span></p></div></div></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>