Say NO to squirrel meat on the menu

[aquarius moon]

I noticed a recent thread regarding squirrel meat being sold in ED.

Certain companies have been accused of cashing in on wildlife massacre by selling squirrel meat. The needless cull by 'so called' conservation groups to boost population of red squirrels is irrational, inhumane & destined to fail, so it is very sad that companies are allowing profit to be made from wildlife massacre.

Viva! say that across the UK, the animals are being killed using barbaric, but legal methods, including being clubbed to death & poisoned with warfarin, which causes them to bleed to death over several days (which is why I'm against killing rats by the same method.)

If these companies continue to sell squirrel meat, 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.

Something to think about when visiting a restaurant/eating establishment.

For more info, visit www.viva.org.uk

[SeanMacGabhann]

Certain companies? Come come, no need to be coy here... Which companies?

[steveo]

Mmmm, wonder what badger tastes like.

[RosieH]

Are people poisoning squirrels then to sell on as food? Just from a scientific point of view, I'm wondering if that isn't counter-productive - can humans eat poisoned meat and be ok?

Equally, is clubbed squirrel really in a state to be served up on a menu? Maybe in a stew...

I'm not saying either of these things are the case, just wondering. I'm quite happy to eat meat, and consequently squirrel meat too - although I prefer my meat to come form animals reared and slaughtered humanely.

[louisiana]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> I noticed a recent thread regarding squirrel meat

> being sold in ED.

> For more info, visit www.viva.org.uk

Well I guess a website promoting veganism would be against eating squirrel.

Will you also be mounting a spirited defence of the yewman rights of the 'umble cockroach? B)

[david_carnell]

Really?!

Don't be an arse. Eating squirrel is absolutely fine. Want to have a debate about the morals of meat eating? Fine, but do it properly not hiding behind the guise of scare mongering in some sub-tabloid manner.

Most unbecoming.

[DJKillaQueen]

I can't see the point of saying no to squirrel without saying no to all other types of meat. Do we say no to rabbit too? And chicken? and...oh wait I guess we do if we are vegetarian, which is fine. But I'm no vegetarian and don't see why I would say no to anything as long as it is humanely reared and slaughtered.

[steveo]

If you are legally allowed to kill an animal for meat then you should be allowed to kill them for any reason. Discusst

[louisiana]

[steveo]

Once when skint at Christmas in the 80s, I did consider harvesting a goose from the park

[aquarius moon]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Really?!

>

> Don't be an arse. Eating squirrel is absolutely

> fine. Want to have a debate about the morals of

> meat eating? Fine, but do it properly not hiding

> behind the guise of scare mongering in some

> sub-tabloid manner.

>

> Most unbecoming.

I am not trying to 'scaremonger' anybody, just trying to make people aware of facts that they may not already know. I saw the thread about squirrel meat and am giving my own opinion, based on info received from the 'viva' website. One of the companies they mention are Budgens, who are apparently selling it in one of their supermarkets in north london.

Yes, I am vegetarian, and don't agree with killing anything.

I also know that a lot of people don't actually realise, or stop and think about how some animals are killed. I think if more people were educated in this, there would be more vegetarians, more respect for animals and less animal cruelty.

[steveo]

But how do they kill the vegetables?

[steveo]

I wouldn't eat a snow leopard because they're beautiful but I would eat a cow. Although cows are beautiful as well. But not as beautiful

[aquarius moon]

P.S.

Don't even get me started on foie-gras!!!

[woofmarkthedog]

Jeezus H...

No outlet who puts this on the menu will sell meat that has been poisoned

I mean, do you see the following...

Marsh Lamb

Line caught sea bass

Free range Chicken/ Beef

Squirrel ( poisoned with warfren )

No of course not, you're an Idiot if you think that

Actually you are an Idiot, whatever

What next hmmm, a placard protest on LSL

"Don't eat pretty animal, only smelly & ugly ones "

W**F

[steveo]

Rabbits are fair game though. The way they look at you

[RosieH]

They look good on my hood too.

[louisiana]

Spot on w**f.

But I suspect the OP's sentences are completely unconnected to one other. It is less a logical argument, more a series of sentences filched from press releases.

[steveo]

A rabbit's foot. Every boy scout had one. So did Tom Jones

[Ladymuck]

Frankly I'm up for eating as many as the little buggars as possible. They eat my broad beans, my sweet corn, and my strawberries on my allotment as well as my plums at home. They are wasteful too...starting on one fruit with one bite before moving on to the next for another bite and so on. Little bastards!

[steveo]

Then eat them, they're pre-stuffed. But peel them first

[silverfox]

Yes Ladymuck, they had my sweetcorn and strawberries too, and I've only got two pears left out of the 21 that started off - It's enough to make a vegetarian reach for the shotgun

[Lawrence]

Every year, just before our walnuts look ready, a small army of grey squirrels runs in and strips the tree over a couple of days. They do not leave us one nut and I take this quite personally.

Last year I managed to shoot one, so we ate it, tasty but you need more than one to make it worth the effort. They still got the walnuts. This year I intend to go Rambo on their asses.

[Ladymuck]

silverfox Wrote:

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> Yes Ladymuck, they had my sweetcorn and

> strawberries too, and I've only got two pears left

> out of the 21 that started off - It's enough to

> make a vegetarian reach for the shotgun

You counted your pears? LOL!

You are right about the shotgun thing though - I've been tempted.

I did try squirrel at Franklins a few months back. I remember it well because of the disgust on my hubby's and surrounding customers' faces upon ordering. I did ask Franklins whether the squirrels on their menu were local as the idea of getting my own back and potentially eating one who had gorged himself on my sweetcorn appealed enormously. Unfortunately I was informed they came from York. Didn't detract from the taste though - rather enjoyed it in a sick kind of way LOL! Needless to say, hubby was appalled!

[silverfox]

Yes Ladymuck I counted the pears. I was very excited as we've had the tree four years and this was the first year it flowered. 21 budding Comices there were - I felt like a proud father until ... the squirrels ...

We even netted the tree after we lost the first 10 or so only to see the squirrels acrobatically swing upside down on the netting while chomping the pears