Felines. Nothing More Than Felines.
Trying to get rid of … stray felines unloved. Felines … woah woah woah, felines …
Sorry.* Socially responsible cat-blogging by Sisu.
Only one problem. Rounding up strays and sending them to government, or NGO death camps is what we do in this country. I don’t know about Beijing, but if it’s like any other Third World capital I’ve been in, it’s got a massive stray problem. Much as we would if we didn’t employ thousands of animal control Gestapo. There’s a word for that lady in the picture. It’s an ugly word. It’s anti-cattist. They call them … cat ladies.
About that roundup, no unkind Chinese restaurant jokes please. Though given the current concerns revolving around the PRC’s food industry, I wouldn’t be ordering the General Gau** in Beijing anytime soon.
Straight catblogging by Sisu here, with thanks for the nod.
More socially responsible cat-blogging here.
Full disclosure: We have two slinking around the house. The English bulldog is assigned to keep them in check.
* This bad joke apparently actually got a TV show, featuring kittenicide. I missed that but I may have been living in another decade at the time.
** Refered to as General Tso and General Zuo by NYT maggie, true faux-Hunan gourmands know it as General Gau’s Chicken. The indisputably best Gau in the world is served at the Chinatown Cafe on Harrison Avenue in Boston, conveniently located one block across the Pike bridge from the Boston Herald. Teriyaki House, which delivers, is also good.
Topics: China, cats, dogs, food
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:51 am on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
8 Responses to “Felines. Nothing More Than Felines.”
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March 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I like cats as well, but there are better reasons to boycott the Beijing Olympics. Like, it’s run by the Chinese government.
March 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Oh, thanks for that. I used to like General Tso’s Chicken!
I also like cats, but anybody who’s ever spent time hiking in the woods knows that this country is overrun with stray, feral cats.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Speaking of what women like, what is it about cat hoarding? It’s almost always a woman who — as illustrator B. Kliban might have put it in his classic Cats — tried one cat, then another, and pretty soon things were completely out of control.
Trackback didn’t work, so here’s my response for your pleasure:
He may not be pretty, but he has a sense of humor
Thanks for the fabulous linkage. I was a bit shocked to find my work termed “socially responsible.” Does that make me a moonbat? Or perhaps a mooncat lady?
March 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Miao Goo Gia Pan, anyone?
March 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I dunno, Rebecca, roof rabbit might be tasty if you’re hungry. There’s little a good sauce won’t fix.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
A lot of Chinese restaurants say they use no M.S.G.
I am personally more concerned about whether or not they use D.O.G.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
“at the Chinatown Cafe on Harrison Avenue in Boston, conveniently located one block across the Pike bridge from the Boston Herald”
But how far is it from the local animal control facility?
March 11th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Seems like anyone with more than three cats should have a Homeland security detail posted outside 24/7. They seem unstable enough to do anything!