Lion Meat
This evening's Living on Earth included a disturbing piece on lion meat (transcript with audio).
The Chicago area butcher involved in Operation Snowplow is apparently still in business and dealing in lion meat. USDA regulations don't apply; the only government authority is basic FDA food safety stuff.
My knee jerk reaction is horror. Eating a lion is "just wrong". But I rail at other people who would ban things that I think are fine because they have no better reason than "it's just wrong". I have some thoughts, but I can't make a complete rational statement on this right now. I need to go to bed, so I can get up early tomorrow and take care of the animals that were seized in Operation Snowplow, because selling tiger meat is actually illegal.
The Chicago area butcher involved in Operation Snowplow is apparently still in business and dealing in lion meat. USDA regulations don't apply; the only government authority is basic FDA food safety stuff.
My knee jerk reaction is horror. Eating a lion is "just wrong". But I rail at other people who would ban things that I think are fine because they have no better reason than "it's just wrong". I have some thoughts, but I can't make a complete rational statement on this right now. I need to go to bed, so I can get up early tomorrow and take care of the animals that were seized in Operation Snowplow, because selling tiger meat is actually illegal.