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Barbecued Cats?
After receiving a complaint that some residents of a Houston apartment complex were barbecuing stray cats, the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control investigated but determined the complaint was a hoax. But their conclusion isn't that reassuring, because after analyzing bone fragments from nearby dumpsters, the bureau did find that "There are animals that have been consumed that are similar to the size and structure of a cat."
So, if not cats, what were these animals that were consumed? Small dogs? Giant rats? Chupacabras?
Also, this is news to me. According to Texas Penal Code 49.02, it's legal to cook and eat cats "as long as it's a wild or stray cat and was not killed in a cruel manner." But you're not allowed to cook your pet cat.
So, if not cats, what were these animals that were consumed? Small dogs? Giant rats? Chupacabras?
Also, this is news to me. According to Texas Penal Code 49.02, it's legal to cook and eat cats "as long as it's a wild or stray cat and was not killed in a cruel manner." But you're not allowed to cook your pet cat.
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Categories: Animals, Law/Police/Crime Posted by Alex on Thu Jun 18, 2009 |
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Rabbits have bone structures very close to that of cats.
Posted by Doc on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM
You were funnin me about eating cats in Texas!
You're good.
Posted by Shel-tone in Austin on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 01:53 PM
You're good.
Perhaps it could be raccoons or possums, too.
Personally, I wouldn't eat a feral anything that I found wandering around a city or neighbourhood. No telling what they might have gotten into, or what might have gotten into it.
Posted by Accipiter on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Personally, I wouldn't eat a feral anything that I found wandering around a city or neighbourhood. No telling what they might have gotten into, or what might have gotten into it.
Here in Australia you can't keep a Wallaby or Kangaroo as a pet but you can eat them. (My local supermarket has both 
)
Posted by Joel B1 in Hobart, Tasmania on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 07:01 PM
)I'm sure there's a joke in here about Chinese take-away and cats, but I'll be damned if I can find it.
Posted by KDP in Madill, OK on Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 08:35 AM
I was thinking possums too, or possibly nutrias (which are pretty close to giant rats, actually).
It's Texas. They'll barbecue anything.
Posted by Cobwebs on Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 12:02 PM
It's Texas. They'll barbecue anything.
I'm not going to eat my pet cat, but I can't see anything morally worse about eating cats as opposed to eating cows, pigs, sheep, etc.
A friend of mine was once served kitten stew in a very remote Bolivian village. She didn't find out what kind of meat she was until after dinner, but she said it was greasy and white. Guinea pigs taste a lot better, according to her.
Posted by Big Gary in Pasadena, Texas on Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 07:58 AM
A friend of mine was once served kitten stew in a very remote Bolivian village. She didn't find out what kind of meat she was until after dinner, but she said it was greasy and white. Guinea pigs taste a lot better, according to her.
Whoops. That was supposed to say, "She didn't find out what kind of meat she was EATING until after dinner ..."
Most likely she already knew what kind of meat she was (that being what in Polynesia is known as long pig).
Posted by Big Gary in Typoville on Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 09:41 PM
Most likely she already knew what kind of meat she was (that being what in Polynesia is known as long pig).
Buddy of mine claims cat tastes rather sharp and unpleasant. Dog is apparently much better. Based in part on his input, I really want to try dog but have no real interest in eating cat. Especially not feral cat.
Posted by outeast on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 05:17 AM
As to not eating your own pet - In the EU these days, all horse owners have to sign a pledge for Brussels ( the administartion seat of the EU ) that they will not eat their horses.
What this will do to the Boulanger Cheval industry in western France and Belgium, I do not know . . .
Posted by D F Stuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 06:52 AM
What this will do to the Boulanger Cheval industry in western France and Belgium, I do not know . . .
Texas Penal Code 49.02 pertains to Public Intoxication, not culinary preferences.
Posted by Anon in Texas on Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 04:20 PM
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