Strangled Baby Pigeons Are 'Tasty'
Date: Friday, January 31 @ 06:38:40 UTC
Topic: In the News
Animal rights activists say German restaurants are illegally serving up strangled baby pigeons.
Restaurateurs say the birds are strangled at the age of six weeks to produce a "tender, gourmet dish".
The killing of birds in this way is illegal in Germany.
The manager of one exclusive Frankfurt restaurant said: "We offer them as a delicacy for special occasions because they are much more succulent than other pigeons."
However, Dr Hans-Juergen Kost-Stenger of the Animal Protection Society in Frankfurt is outraged.
He said: "This is a scandal and completely unacceptable. Perhaps these people are not interested in the taste but rather in the thrill of knowing they are eating an animal that died in a horrific way."
Source: Ananova.com
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