Exposing the cat feces coffee chain: civets were mostly abused sick to death

US financial website quartz July 24 published an article titled "the world's most expensive coffee in the coffee production of such animals, is a nightmare," the report said, even in the specialty coffee and coffee extracts nitrogen cold world,Cat feces coffee(Also known as "Civet Coffee") is a luxury coffee reference. This coffee is derived from coconut cat (a unique Southeast Asian civets) excretion has been processed from the partially digested beans, which taste more rich, sour lighter. Since 2013, cat feces coffee price has dropped somewhat, but still as high as $ 200 to $ 400 one kilogram (about 1300-2700 yuan one kilogram), and increasingly sought after by tourists.

It reported that, traditionally, the cat feces coffee is collected from the wild cat excrement coconut production. But the high prices led to wild civets were captured and housed in the coffee plantations. A report recently published in the "Animal Protection" magazine, the living conditions of 48 civets of 16 plantations were assessed. It reported that cat feces coffee industry is "a slavery industry."

Non-profit organization "WSPA" wildlife researchers, collaborators report Neil Dirk Lutz said: "Unfortunately, many visitors are captive civet cat feces coffee making cruel turn a blind eye, they even lined up to civet pictures and share on social networks. "

Wild civet coffee beans as part of a balanced diet, and overfeeding captive civets was not yet ripe coffee beans. Wild civet cats usually like nocturnal, but in captivityCivetIt was kept in easily lead to claustrophobia sunshine space. When angered, they will fight. Many captive civets are sick because of stress or death.

It reported that since 2013, including the British department store Harrods and Selfridges, including at least 13 cat feces coffee retailer has promised to investigate the shelf or cat feces coffee production process. But norms cat feces coffee industry is not easy:Animal rightsSay, to track the source of cat feces coffee is difficult to determine whether they involve abuse civets harder.