stano40
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Post by stano40 on Jul 14, 2007 7:44:57 GMT -5
Couple arrested for selling iguana meat 300KG OF 'DELICACIES' SEIZED IN JOHOR
July 10, 2007THE wildlife officers got a tip-off on Saturday night and they wasted no time.
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287kg of lizard meat was found in one of the restaurants raided. -- Picture: ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS
They rushed to Kahang, about 40km from Kluang in Johor, and raided 10restaurants selling exotic 'delicacies'.
The officers seized 300kg of meat - with iguana meat making up 287kg.
The Oriental Daily reported that a couple have been arrested on suspicion of rearing lizards for consumption.
Kuala Lumpur Wildlife Department deputy director Celescoriano Razond told The Star that a team of 28 officials launched the operation following the tip-off.
'We checked over 10 restaurants in the operation which began at 9pm.'
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A department official said that in the first restaurant, 287kg of lizard meat was found.
The couple which run the place - a 41-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman - were arrested on the spot.
They will be charged under the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act, on 31 Jul.
If convicted, they could be fined RM3,000 ($1,300) or jailed up to three years, or both.
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In the second restaurant, 3.5kg of bat meat, 11.35kg of wild boar meat and 4kg of venison were found.
The Wildlife and National Parks Department said action will be taken against the people involved in selling banned food items.
It added that it found five slaughtered bats in the third restaurant and 1.6kg of mountain pig meat in the fourth restaurant.
To read about this story and more go to:
newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,135381,00.htmlPS
Does this mean that McDonalds will be audited again for the type of meats they use?
But, it just might be an improvement.
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Post by zachbaker on Jul 14, 2007 8:28:22 GMT -5
Why do you think they call them the chicken of the trees down south? I had a spanish guy I work with offer me $100 dollars for my Nana and he told me he was planning on eating her. I was like uh no. This is sad but its the truth that people do eat these lovely animals.
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Post by reptileluvva on Jul 14, 2007 9:37:23 GMT -5
well thats grosse,like totaly but unfortunatly it seems to happen to animals.anyway it like on ebay today they were selling shoes made from iguana skin,some from snake skin apparently,that was horrid
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Post by stano40 on Jul 14, 2007 11:18:18 GMT -5
If you find that on ebay you can report that post to ebay. That may be an illegal posting.
If they do nothing or say it's OK, tell them you are going to report that post to PETA.
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Post by reptileluvva on Jul 14, 2007 11:36:45 GMT -5
i have cos it shouldnt be allowed in my mind,but whether they do
anything is a different matter,lets hope so
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Post by stano40 on Jul 14, 2007 12:36:20 GMT -5
Along with PETA, there are several other animal rights activist groups out there that would just love to send a barrage of emails to ebay about just that post.
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Post by prismwolf on Jul 14, 2007 14:19:07 GMT -5
Just a question here...playing devil's advocate:
Should leather goods be banned, too? They're animal skin. I AM completely against the animal fur trade, however...and using animals JUST SOLELY for their skin/fur is very, very wrong.
On eBay, clothes made from animal skins is perfectly legal as long as it's not an endangered species...or even on the "watch list". Selling live and taxidermy items is illegal and will be removed from eBay.
If the meat was bought legally...or the animal raised HUMANELY and then slaughtered HUMANELY, should it not be allowed? Iguana meat/eggs is a known food for south America. It's part of their natural food culture. Granted...Asia is a little ways around the globe from south America...;-)...but iguanas as food is not an unheard of thing. I doubt I would be able to eat it, but many people do.
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Post by stano40 on Jul 14, 2007 19:49:32 GMT -5
I made the same observation while typing these posts. Where do we stop in the matter of animal cruelty and use of animals.
Beef is one of our number one industries, but no one thinks about how a cow or steer is butchered. There are many slaughter houses out there that are extremely cruel in the slaughter of their animals.
What about chickens and their eggs?
But I do agree exotic species should be protected and made illegal to use as a food source. Most of these reports are coming from countries where that has been their staple diet for years and only until the past few years or decades the country decided to say no to eating their endangered species.
Brazil is a big consumer of Iguanas. China on the other hand has not yet come out of eating everything in site, including puppies or preparing fish that are still alive and kicking when they bring it to your table already prepared.
The story presented here is of a country where this type of practice is illegal and against their laws.
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Post by ddddyyyy on Aug 7, 2009 2:50:21 GMT -5
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