Cats are Yummy
Cats, some of the most irritating animals on the planet, are gaining traction as a tasty treat. The most recent cat-as-food story to hit the news comes out of Canete, Peru, where the Gastronomical Festival of the Cat is held each year, reports the Sun.
[Participants] believe that eating cat burgers – and fried cat legs and tails – can cure bronchial disease.
It is also believed that feline meat serves as an aphrodisiac.
The cats are bred especially for this festival – which takes place at the end of September on the Day of Santa Ifigenia.
Animal rights groups aren’t happy, though a PETA spokesman offers no discernible reason why, other than that the group simply doesn’t want people to eat any meat.
So which side is right? That’s tough. But whenever a situation poses me with a difficult ethical and culinary choice, as here, I ask myself (as we all do), What would ALF do?
Yay cat! More here, including a pretty good video of the festival (Spanish only). How to cook a cat here. Australians reduce feral cat population via culinary means here.
