Cat and Dog Holding Cell in Hoi An

The below information was taken from this page on the Dog and Cat theft in Hoi An and Danang area Facebook Group.

Sold during the day to ‘pots and pans’ sellers. On motorbikes you can see men and woman on motorbikes selling kitchen ware and also have cages hanging for cats. Technically illegal but not stopped.

Cats stolen and caught at night tend to be caught alive if possible. This is because there aren’t any cat meat restaurants in Hoi An and more profitable if they can send the cats alive up North to Hanoi area. If cats die, they have to sell the frozen meat, this is harder to ship. Popular methods to catch cats are Trapping (pics added) and also grab by net.

Cats caught by thieves are sold to pots and pans sellers and ultimately all to the Cat Holding cell in Hoi An.

Cat holding cell in Hoi An

Main dog and cat holding cell Hoi An

- The business is named  Đặng Nở. Đặng is the lady owner, her husband is called Nở. She collects cats from the ‘pots and pans sellers’ (most likely thieves sell their stolen cats to these men/woman first). She also has some dogs. She sends almost daily crates of cats to Hai Phong (North VN). 

Journey takes around 15-18 hours. She sometimes pays a bribe to pass checks for the journey. The cats have no water and crammed inside. Some will die. The bus arrives at 4.30pm and leaves around 5pm. The smallest cats are around 1.5kg.  She gets cats every day except on the 1st and 25th lunar month. She sells more dogs at the end of the lunar month and more cats at the beginning of the Lunar month.

- If the lady is not in, we have seen cats dumped and stored in crates along the same road near the holding place with tarp covered over it.

Inside cat holding location in Hoi An

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HOI AN LOCATION CAT AND DOG HOLDING CELL:

Google Map location for the cat and dog holding area in Hoi An. Some in one house, some along the street in crates – keep an eye out the whole area.

PLEASE NOTE

• Take a Vietnamese local to go with you, with a picture and be ready to pay if your pet is there.
• They are NOT friendly so be careful or they wont let you in to look.
• Go before 4/4.30pm before they ship the next batch off to Hanoi.

Suspected at and dog holding location in Hoi An

Suspected location where killed dogs are roasted in Hoi An (across the street)

Dog Holding Cell In Hoi An:

Dogs holding area in Hoi An