raz Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 BTW, a native mammals specialist sitting next to me is rolling his eyes at the people who think that is a Koala in the cage. The whole thing looks like it might have been a prank to me. Aussie in China sees sign on rat cage with koala written on it and takes the photo to show his friends back home because he thinks it's hilarious; or maybe to submit on one of those engrish websites. It suddenly went viral. If that's the case he should have just kept it to himself until 1st april. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervin Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 And when it comes to reports of them eating odd things - yep I beleive it. Also Roo's are in plague proportions in Australia, Koalas are not. Actually, Koalas are in plague proportions in many parts of the country, quietly starving to death because the public screams they are to cute to cull. Odd things, well if it wasn't for the Asians I doubt I would be able to find a decent take away meal, yeah we need to educate them with Mcdonalds and Kentucky fried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogee Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 koala or no koala......asian customs disgust me. Stupid generalisations disgust me. You do nothing for the argument with exaggerations, generalisations and what is basically racism- besides lose credibility for your own cause. Totally agreed. I grew up in Asia because my Father was based there for work, I've since been home for 8 years now. I'd say their 'customs' are welcoming, friendly and respectful for most animals and people. Not everyone in Asia walks out and eats a random dog for breakfast. Or a Koala. Or an endangered species. You probably have people in every country who does weird things, and eat strange things. There are also some cultures who eat cockroaches, bats, spiders etc, that AREN'T Asian. So what do ya know? Aboriginals ate witchedy grubs (Sp?) and crickets etc... That might be considered disgusting to some people too. But if someone came out and said 'AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS DISGUST ME THEY EAT GRUBS AND CRICKETS'. You'd be pretty offended too. Don't tar people with the same brush unless you know all of them personally. Agree with HA and MM. I am surprised with how many people are still flippantly throwing around prejudiced and generalised racial / culturally prejudiced slurs despite the issue being raised earlier in the thread. Certainly learning a lot more about certain DOLers. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) Haha I really can't imagine badger being delicious... Or hedgehog! In the UK you can buy Hedgehog Flavoured Potato Chips! True! Very nice too..... Edited November 18, 2011 by jerojath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Beaver? Hmmmm. I don't mind Beaver. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugUrPup Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Wow isn't this thread racist It's not a Koala.. they say it is so they can get more money for it.. it being a possum ;) Some people like exotic foods. I went to a reastaraunt in Box Hill once and they showed some fluffy critter in a cage to a family at a table.. pretty sure it was a puppy, but I didn't get a close enough look. It shocked me and made me feel ill, but I won't diss an entire race of people over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartok Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 $20 for 500grams = $40 per kilo. Considering beef scotch fillet sells for around $28 per kilo in Australia, I very much doubt that an animal like a koala, which would be as rare as hens teeth in China, would be for sale for such a small amount. It's not likely to be a koala. I would have purchased the entire animal ALIVE and rung some kind of bloody sanctuary or something like that They make me sick to the stomach they leave kids on the streets so why would they care about animal welfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimiss Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Haha I really can't imagine badger being delicious... Or hedgehog! In the UK you can buy Hedgehog Flavoured Potato Chips! True! Very nice too..... Oh my! I just did a google search and yes, there they are, along side the 'Cajun Squirrel' flavour. All produced by 'Walkers' by the looks of things. How awesome! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugUrPup Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I would have purchased the entire animal ALIVE and rung some kind of bloody sanctuary or something like that They make me sick to the stomach they leave kids on the streets so why would they care about animal welfare Who leaves kids in the streets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimiss Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I would have purchased the entire animal ALIVE and rung some kind of bloody sanctuary or something like that They make me sick to the stomach they leave kids on the streets so why would they care about animal welfare Who leaves kids in the streets? I'm assuming it's racial finger pointing and meaning the Chinese. What country has perfect child and animal welfare?? I don't know of any and our country certainly does not have perfect child or animal welfare. So perhaps we shouldn't be pointing fingers huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbi Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Australias animal welfare laws leave a lot to be desired. We dont have to look further than the live export trade, vealer boxes, saxon merinos, stomach shooting brumbies,camels and donkeys in the outback, baiting dingo's to the point of near extinction, watching animals die due to 1080 baitng programs funded by the federal government is one of the most barbaric deaths imaginable. Before we point fingers at other countries we have to be sure that we are not doing similar things to animals here.Hallal slaughter is routinely done in Australia as are other ritual killings of animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugUrPup Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I also see many neglected children in Australia too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 $20 for 500grams = $40 per kilo. Considering beef scotch fillet sells for around $28 per kilo in Australia, I very much doubt that an animal like a koala, which would be as rare as hens teeth in China, would be for sale for such a small amount. It's not likely to be a koala. I would have purchased the entire animal ALIVE and rung some kind of bloody sanctuary or something like that They make me sick to the stomach Oh really! Have you been following. It was a bamboo rat . . . a big rodent. Now if you're in to rat rescue, I'm sure there are some farmers who would be happy to sell you their rats for live rescue! If you brought your own live trap. Oh, but I'm not sure you'll find a rat sanctuary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 It's not a Koala.. they say it is so they can get more money for it.. it being a possum ;) It wasn't a possum or any native Australian animal. See the links posted further back in the thread- local animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha&milo Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Until I finally read this whole thread I was thinking that we should do a mock up for them with a Panda in a cage and suggest a price and how it should be cooked and see if they like it . But I saw that it wasn't a real koala I thought well thats a dumb idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdie Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Doesn't look like a Koala.Another miss identified animal like this one. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017658/Chinese-villagers-mistake-malnourished-monkey-alien.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souff Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Australias animal welfare laws leave a lot to be desired. We dont have to look further than the live export trade, vealer boxes, saxon merinos, stomach shooting brumbies,camels and donkeys in the outback, baiting dingo's to the point of near extinction, watching animals die due to 1080 baitng programs funded by the federal government is one of the most barbaric deaths imaginable. Before we point fingers at other countries we have to be sure that we are not doing similar things to animals here.Hallal slaughter is routinely done in Australia as are other ritual killings of animals Robbi, Saxon merinos ..... can you give me a clue why they are mentioned here? Souff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbi Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 http://sheepcruelty.wordpress.com/ It is only my opinion that the saxon merino industry is cruel. I worked as a wool classer in the early nineties and I have sheep, I take much delight in watching them and their individual quirks and strong family connections(they are a very established flock, family lines go back over thirty years with only new rams brought into the flock) I have been into a saxon merino shed in Victoria and was appalled by what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souff Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 http://sheepcruelty.wordpress.com/ It is only my opinion that the saxon merino industry is cruel. I worked as a wool classer in the early nineties and I have sheep, I take much delight in watching them and their individual quirks and strong family connections(they are a very established flock, family lines go back over thirty years with only new rams brought into the flock) I have been into a saxon merino shed in Victoria and was appalled by what I saw. Thanks for that - so it is the containing of the sheep that is the problem, not the sheep themselves. Can assure you that they weren't doing that in Oz in 1827 Cant say that it didn't happen in the long winters of Saxony though - barn living would have been the norm over there. Souff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbi Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 http://sheepcruelty.wordpress.com/ It is only my opinion that the saxon merino industry is cruel. I worked as a wool classer in the early nineties and I have sheep, I take much delight in watching them and their individual quirks and strong family connections(they are a very established flock, family lines go back over thirty years with only new rams brought into the flock) I have been into a saxon merino shed in Victoria and was appalled by what I saw. Thanks for that - so it is the containing of the sheep that is the problem, not the sheep themselves. Can assure you that they weren't doing that in Oz in 1827 Cant say that it didn't happen in the long winters of Saxony though - barn living would have been the norm over there. Souff The idea is good in principle and in Europe the sheep are in large barns but more like barn raised chicken, they are not confined to individual pens, I dont know why we didn't embrace the free ranging barn idea here in Australia but I think the feeding costs of penned animals would have been a major contributor. CSIRO did a study on how many kjs a day a free ranging animal requires vs a penned "immobile" animal. Maybe also the wool is less damaged in pen situations but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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