Zoo Menu Has Exotic Animal Meats For Dinner

[matcom]

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BANGKOK, Thailand --VIP guests at the grand opening of the night safari zoo in northern Thailand will not only get to see exotic animals -- they'll get to taste them.

The Chiang Mai Night Safari Zoo will have its official opening on New Year's Day, and the "Exotic Buffet" marking the event will include tiger, lion, elephant and giraffe, said Plodprasop Suraswadi, the director of the zoo project.

"The VIP guest who pay 4,500 baht ($110) for the buffet will have the privilege of tasting an exotic menu, ranging from dog meat from (Thailand's Sakhon Nakhon province) to lion meat from Africa," Plodprasop told reporters.

Critics have lambasted the idea, saying that it will encourage wildlife trafficking in a country and region already notorious for smuggling tiger parts, bear claws and endangered species for Chinese delicacies, traditional medicines and pets.

"Serving rare animals on the table confirms that Thailand is ignoring policies for wildlife preservation," said Wildlife Fund Thailand secretary Suraphol Duangkae.

"Thailand's image is already bad for trading animals and being a transit and laundering point (for smugglers)," Suraphol said. "The zoo will make only the image worse by serving rare animals."

Kenya said last week it will give Thailand 175 wild animals -- including African buffalo, various species of antelope, zebra and giraffe -- as a gift to strengthen relations, but conservationists voiced concern that Thailand does not have a good track record of wildlife management and conservation.

The project, based on Singapore's Night Safari Zoo, will have 2,000 animals of about 100 different species.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/11/16/exotic_animal_meats_on_vip_menu_at_zoo?mode=PF

[Deja Q]

1. Death is money. Let them do it.

[datasuspect]

2. sounds delicious

[DS1]

3. Time for PETA to get militant on their ass

and massacre the entire establishment with Uzis

[Shell Beau]

4. That sounds disgusting!

[Tony_Illinois]

5. Savage and Outrageous

"The same force formed the sparrow
That fashioned man the King.
The God of the Whole gave a spark of soul
To furred and feathered thing."

"We must fight the fight and speak the word,
For beast and bird
Till the world shall set things right".

[Initech]

6. PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

[StopTheMorans]

7. LOL good one; i've never heard it before!

:thumbsup:

actually, one of my "special" pleasures on DU is watching how pissed the militant vegans get when that phrase comes up. they try to act like it doesn't get to them (and it shouldn't, it's an assinine phrase) then they say "and someone inevitably brings up the People Eating Tasty Animals, which was never funny IN THE FIRST PLACE". BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[Initech]

9. .

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

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[friesianrider]

10. OMG hahaha!! I've neer heard THAT before!!

:sarcasm:

[Initech]

12. Do you know what giraffe tastes like?

[friesianrider]

13. No, but I know what meat-eaters taste like!

Yum!

[Initech]

18. So does that make you a cannibal?

:evilgrin:

[StopTheMorans]

14. again, right on cue

:thumbsup: you can set a watch by how easily PETA members get pissed over a ridiculous comment that doesn't even merit recognition.

[friesianrider]

15. Who's pissed?

You're the only one stomping around this thread :hi: I think you're funny :)

[StopTheMorans]

16. thanks! i'm not stomping, i'm merely recognizing a common DU

occurrence, and celebrating its existence on this thread. :toast:

[friesianrider]

17. As am I!

As consistent as gravity in these kinds of threads!

:toast:

[XemaSab]

11. People shouldn't eat rare animals

Shit like that should always be thoroughly cooked to avoid the possibility of trichinosis and other nasties.

[UncleSepp]

19. If killing one will save a dozen...?

I'm not so sure the moral issue is all that clear.