Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic images and descriptions of violence.
CNN
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Every night after returning home from work, Chen opens his laptop and switches to his secret life as an undercover activist.
From his bedroom in eastern China, he spends hours witnessing scenes too graphic for a horror movie and trying to befriend people who would be his sworn enemies in real life.
Chen – a pseudonym to protect his real identity – is part of a team of internet sleuths whose mission is to shut down a shadowy global network that mutilates and kills cats for profit.
An exclusive CNN investigation shows that in the past year, these…
