Pet cat under the hammer after its owner defaulted on debts
發佈日期: 2025-08-17 23:47
TVB News
On the mainland, a court is about to auction off a pet cat because its owner defaulted on debts with hundreds of people having registered their intention to bid for the feline.
Not neutered and in good health, this three-year-old male tabby cat has become an unlikely item on the auction block.
The cat's owner was not identified publicly at the court in Jiangsu's Yangzhou Economic and Tech Development Zone. The auction will be held on September 3rd with a reserve price of 500 yuan and increments of 20 yuan.
By Sunday noon, the auction which was commissioned by a local asset management company, has drawn more than 500 bidding registrations.
Mainland lawyers note that pets are legally considered personal property, making judicial auctions permissible.
This isn't the first time: earlier in March, a Shenzhen court put 100 tonnes of live crocodiles under the hammer.
