Another reason why I am Vegan
Every now and then I run across stories that remind my why I am Vegan.
The article almost sounds crazy enough to be a feature story on The Onion.
Some of the stranger bits…
“This job is harder than cattle,†Mr. Jiménez said while on a nighttime hunt on Hato Santa Luisa, a ranch spread over more than 40,000 acres on Venezuela’s plains. “But it’s just as rewarding.â€
….Never mind that capybaras have some unusual habits like eating their own feces. And yes, some chefs acknowledge, the methods used to kill capybaras, normally involving a sharp clubbing of the rodent’s head, put off some diners.
…Capybara is an exquisite meat that deserves prominent stature in our culinary tradition.
….The capybara is easier to steal than a cow, so there’s still a bit of thievery that takes place on some ranches,â€
…“The pursuit is very hard,†said Abel Vargas, 42, a pipe-wielding hunter who wore a pair of goggles for diving after capybaras. Mr. Vargas said he especially liked cooked kidney of capybara.
I can understand how extreme hunger could drive people to do strange things, and eat strange things….but Capybara as haute cuisine? Gimme a break!
