Boycott, Picket Shut Down this POS in Tuscon! Lion Tacos?!

[sixmile]

Taco restaurant to serve 'Lion' tacos.

http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/dining/article_ca33ed71-b6c4-5357-8c7f-e15a91db995d.html

'In the six months since it launched Exotic Taco Wednesdays, Boca Tacos y Tequila has served up python, alligator, elk, kangaroo and rattlesnake.
Frog legs, turtle, duck and Rocky Mountain oysters have also made appearances.
"We've done just about anything we can get our hands on," said owner Bryan Mazon. "Every Wednesday we do something a little bit different."
Last week he announced on Boca's Facebook page that the UA-area taco shop was accepting prepaid orders for African lion, to be served on Feb. 16. Orders must be placed by 3 p.m. Feb. 7.
"I've gotten a lot of questions, like if it's legal," said Mazon, adding that a few lion tacos have been reserved so far. "We're still a month out, too."
According to the Food and Drug Administration, lion and other game meat can be sold as long as the species isn't endangered.
"I'm doing the African lion to get my name out," said Mazon, who used to be a salesman for City Meat and Provisions. "I've never tried it myself, but this one really caught my eye."'

more infuriation at link.

ARRGGHHH!

These 'people' and their greed and hatred of nature disgust me.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Unrecommended for the lack of explanation of the difference between a lion and a cow. n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. !!!

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[REP]

23. One's a carnivore, one's an herbivore; one's easier to pet than the other...

Cows are dumb enough to be hunted with a hammer...

[distantearlywarning]

38. +1000. n/t

[hobbit709]

2. wouldn't be the first taco del gato

[Seedersandleechers]

3. That can't be legal!

African lions are an endangered. That is so sickening..

[EstimatedProphet]

9. No, they're not

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/lion.php

They are listed as vulnerable by IUCN. They are an Appendix II species under CITES, which means that trade is allowed if it does not interfere with the species' survival.

[razorman]

11. It's a bitch trying to herd them to market, though.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. GMTA!!! n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. We always hope that those here on DU check the facts BEFORE proclaiming "the truth".

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ASIATIC lions are an endangered species.
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African lions are considered "vulnerable" (a status between "near-threatened" and "endangered).
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The commercial trade in African lions is NOT illegal:
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The African lion (panthera leo) is protected under Appendix II, which
allows commercial trade as long as it does not harm a species' survival.
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[MedicalAdmin]

13. The USA has the largest population of capitive lions in the world.

Most of whom are in private hands/ownership and not in zoos.

It's kinda crazy, but it is likely that in this case that the lion is one that died of old age in private hands. It might not happen.

[MilesColtrane]

18. They are listed as Vulnerable, one step away from Endangered.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15951/0

Regardless, I agree that this should be illegal.

[davepc]

24. If you want to save African lions, get African tribes to stop poisoning lions to protect cattle

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/60minutes/main4894945.shtml

The latest weapon being used against them is poison. As 60 Minutes first reported last March, African herders whose livestock and livelihood are threatened by lions are killing them in the most effective and economical way they can.

And overwhelmingly, that is by using a cheap American chemical called Furadan. It is marketed as a pesticide, to be used for protecting crops. But it's bought by many to kill animals. And that’s one reason why, conservationists say, Africa's lions are in trouble.

[Fuddnik]

26. Especially the ones on the taco.

[Renew Deal]

32. lol

:rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

5. To be fair, I really enjoy eating...

oh, never mind.

[NightWatcher]

7. I've eaten cougar before

I just had ta go there, so sorry.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. The word I was going to use starts with a "P"

Different sort of joke.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. Puma? Now, YOU are a disgusting human being!!!!! n/t

[sixmile]

15. Cunning

filthy bugger

[formercia]

25. ..also known as a Taco.

mmmm...Tacos. :rofl:

[davepc]

6. Why is eating a cow or chicken ok but a lion is not?

If they're not endangered whats the big deal?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/06/would-you-eat-a-lion-burger/

But lion meat has been on the menu of several U.S. restaurants in recent years. In South Philadelphia, one restaurant tried serving lion for about six weeks in 2008. As this article explains (with the witty lead-in: “Simba for dinner? You lion.”), Chef Michael Zulli took it off the restaurant’s menu after being barraged with “how-do-you-sleep-at-night phone calls” from the public.He said he didn’t see what the big deal was, since the meat came from an Illinois farm where the animals are legally raised for human consumption.

That same year, a St. Petersburg Times reporter wrote a rave review of a steak house’s lion rib chops. This spring in Sacramento, Flaming Grill Cafe, which specializes in exotic meats like alligator, yak and ostrich, briefly sold lion meat burgers. And this week, another U.S. restaurant—this time in Mesa, Arizona—earned notoriety for serving lion meat as part of a novelty menu to celebrate the World Cup and its host nation, South Africa. The owner reportedly received a bomb threat and more than 150 angry e-mails, and seemed bemused by the outrage. The Telegraph quotes him as saying: “In Africa they do eat lions, so I assume if it’s OK for Africans to eat lions then it should be OK for us.”

Is it really? In the wild, African lions are considered a “vulnerable species,” only one step below endangered, and up to one-quarter of wild lion populations have been lost in the past decade or two. But lions raised on game farms—as was said to be the case in all of the above examples—don’t factor into wild populations. So, on the one hand, maybe it doesn’t really matter. On the other hand: doesn’t creating a market for lion meat as an expensive delicacy risk encouraging the growth of a black market in illegally hunted lion meat?

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. It's legal, so why not?

I don't see the need to invent poutrage over something like this.

[REP]

22. Well, it ain't kosher

I can't offhand think of a carnivorous animal that is kosher, though.

[NoPasaran]

17. Once on safari I shot a lion eating a taco

Why the lion was eating a taco I never figured out.

[Freddie Stubbs]

19. Why, exactly, are we supposed to be infuriated by this?

[Initech]

20. I take it you've never had Brazillian BBQ?

[NightWatcher]

29. How many is a Brazillian?

[MissMarple]

21. Does it taste a lot like chicken?

;)

[Fuddnik]

27. Call me when it's Manatee Night.

:hide:

[madinmaryland]

28. I'm getting hungry. What's for dinner tonight??

[Nailzberg]

30. How far of a drive is Tucson?

[davepc]

34. Order you own, shipped to your door!

http://www.czimers.com/2.html

AFRICAN LION

Leg Roast 15.95 lb.
Loin Roast 19.95 lb.
Shoulder Roast 19.95 lb.
Steaks 19.95 lb.
Tender Loins 24.95 lb.
Ribs 9.98 lb.
Burgers, 1/3 lb. Size 9.95 lb.

Minimum order $50.00

[Nailzberg]

36. $50 min order? Sounds like I should add some Kangeroo to that order.

[Renew Deal]

31. Why should Lion be off limits?

Especially if beef and chicken is allowed.

[Scruffy1]

33. I Love Rocky Mountain oysters

Growing up in the cattle business they were regular fare.

[Warren DeMontague]

37. That's just nuts.

I mean...

[damntexdem]

35. If it's not an endangered species is too restrictive a rule.

It should not be legal if there is any threat to the species, even if not listed as endangered.

On the other hand, if there really is no threat to the species, more power to them. Why would you expect a commercial enterprise to not be greedy. And if the species isn't in any danger, I would not call it hatred of nature.