SQUIRREL MEAT Outrage over UK supermarket sales

bild.de ^ | 7-31-10 | unattributed

[smokingfrog]

A UK supermarket chain has sparked outrage by stocking squirrel meat on the shelves of one of its stores. Neil Duggard, branch manager of Budgens at Crouch End, North London, has said there is "huge interest" in the meat which was once a staple of the British diet. Animal rights groups are up in arms, however. "it is very sad that Budgens are allowing profit to be made from wildlife massacre," said Juliet Gellatley of Viva. "If this store is attempting to stand out from the crowd by selling squirrel, the only message they are giving out is that they are happy to have the blood of a beautiful wild animal on their hands for the sake of a few quid. Viva claims that many squirrels are left to die for days on end after being clubbed. Squirrel meat is well known for its nutty flavour.

[smokingfrog]

[Texas Fossil]

Squirrels = Tree Rats

but some of my friends like to eat them.

[rawhide]

Picture says it all. Gross, but how many of us eat dead cows; or chickens; or even dead smelly fish?

[tflabo]

Squirrels just a rat with a bushy tail!

[norraad]

Geese taste too!

[goodnesswins]

They can have the squirrel who’s eating my garden....if I ever catch the little rat.

[gundog]

Squirrel meat is well known for its nutty flavour.

Britain is known for its' nutty flavour.

[GenXFreedomFighter]

Squirrel meat is well known for its nutty flavour.

Been a while since I've eaten squirrel, but I never would have described its flavor as 'nutty.' However, the animal rights groups having a cow over it could be described as nuttier than squirrel droppings.

[Ben Mugged]

We use .22 rifles to plink ground squirrels in the national Forest here in Cali. The squirrels are a pest, dig holes that cripple cattle, and carry fleas with the plague virus. We leave the carcass for the buzzards.

[gundog]

How is that photo “gross?”

[Minn]

Only animals that aren’t cute are to be eaten. Except cows and pigs can be sorta cute sometimes...OK then: Only animals that aren’t cute and animals we have traditionally eaten, without thinking about where they come from, are to be eaten.

[tflabo]

[AnotherUnixGeek]

If it’s not endangered or over-hunted, it’s fair game - just MHO.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I wish I was wealthy. I would buy and sell deer meat calling some by the name of “Bambi Brisket.” Show a picture of Bambi on the packet. The joy of watching a bunch of degenerates having seizures in the supermarket would be beyond description.

[gundog]

Got a tag for Bambi’s mom this year. WOO-HOO!

[tflabo]

Let them eat cake squirrel.

[Gator113]

Huckabee is branching out, I see.

Soon, his ‘father and son’ business will also offer freshly skinned dog.

2% of all proceeds from the Huckabee business will be donated to the surviving families of murdered Cops.

[Sixgun Symphony]

Been a while since I've eaten squirrel, but I never would have described its flavor as 'nutty.'

I assume that the meat flavor would depend on what the squirrels had been eating.

[Engineer_Soldier]

MMMM! I love squirrels! You aren’t country if you haven’t eaten squirrel.

[MarkL]

Mmmmmm.... Pan fried bushy tailed tree rat! It’s the other, other “white meat.” Actually not all that different from rabbit.

Mark