Posted on 07/19/2007 7:45:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
Employees at a zoo in Erfurt illegally killed animals and sold them as food. The zoo director has been fired as a result of the scandal.
Lots of people like looking at animals in zoos. Lots of people also like eating meat. However the thought of the two things together tends to turn most people's stomachs.
But not all apparently. Employees at the Erfurt zoo, it was revealed Wednesday, have for years been killing animals and selling their meat for zoo stew. Germany is outraged.
The city of Erfurt quickly stepped in to the growing scandal, announcing on Thursday that zoo director Norbert Neuschulz had been relieved of his duties. The public prosecutor's office are investigating the case to see if any crimes were committed.
The animals killed were all "slaughterable" animals such as goats, sheep, pigs and deer, said Erfurt city hall spokeswoman Inga Hettstedt, and the meat was not sold to restaurants. However the mass circulation newspaper Bild reported Thursday that ducks, quails and even guinea pigs were also involved. The zoo, which is owned by the city of Erfurt, has over 1,400 animals belonging to around 190 species.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Guinea pigs... the other, OTHER white meat.
Only if it is killed by a car bomb near a mosque of a rival sect. Otherwise they are deducted one virgin in paradise for each pig.
Read your Koran, man!
What was he supposed to do with them? Bury them in a pet cemetery? The city of Erfurt doesn’t deserve a zoo if they are going to be so prissy. They can watch wild kingdom on TV instead.
Guinea pig, according to reports, tastes more like rabbit.
They could set up a retirement home for zoo animals. You know, shuffleboard, white shoes, etc. Maybe Del Boca Vista Phase II in Florida.
PO because they didn’t think of it first! LOL
PO because they didn’t think of it first! LOL
What preps, they haven't done anything illegal. It says they have been slaughtering excess animals such as goats, sheep, pigs and deer. Get a grip, it's not your country.
Mmmmmmmmm, Pandaburgers
Tiger tails and lizard lips.
Talk about fishing in an aquarium!
Eye of newt ... a purple flurp /VeryObscure
The Guinea Pigs come with the disclaimer, “None of these Guinea Pigs has ever been on, around or in Barney Frank, George Michael, Elton John, Harvey Feirstein or any other nether jockey”.
And I'm laughing. Where do these people think meat comes from?
Everyone should have to kill and butcher at least one meal in their lifetimes.
People Eating Tasty Animals? Silly person; they're sitting at the dinner table!
‘Taint the Meat, It’s the Humanity!” EC Comics, Jack Davis/Al Fedstein(?)
Thank God it's not my country Achmed.
If the perps have not done anything illegal, why did the zoo director get fired and an investigation under way?
I guess, like me, you are afraid that the ROP are up to their eyeballs in this scandal?
He’s going to be hounded by the scandal for the rest of his career.
Make it Ted Kennedy and it would last a lifetime....
Yeah, he totally ****ed the poodle on this one.
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