[3] Animal-rights activists were up in arms. “I’ve been told that someone paid 60,000 yuan [HK$79,373] for one of the cats,” said Sally Andersen, founder of Hong Kong Dog Rescue.

The 2003 Omnibus Farm Bill, signed into law in May, contained an amendment exempting "birds, rats of the genus Rattus, and mice of the genus Mus, bred for research" from protection under the Animal ...