Controversy erupts over taco stand serving lion meat tacos

[cali]

and who the hell knew that it's legal to farm lions for meat? That's horrible.

TAMPA - Bomb threats, fistfights and TV news vans outside. It's just another day for a taco joint serving tacos made with real lion meat.

“We're getting all kinds of threats over it,” said Ryan Gougeon, owner of Taco Fusion on Bay to Bay Boulevard in Tampa that put lion meat on their taco menu this week. Controversy soon erupted and social media exploded with criticism that anyone would serve lion meat.

“Now we're getting bomb threats, and everything else. Some guy just called and said he'd kidnap me and grind me up for a taco. There are so many coming in we aren't counting.”

Besides serving the standard chicken tacos and a giant nacho platter, the Taco Fusion restaurant specializes in all sorts of exotic meats: Gator, elk, bear, zebra and kangaroo. The lion meat taco is priced at $35 apiece, and has been selling well.

The lion meat is authentic, Gougeon said, and comes from a farm that raises the animals for meat. Such a practice is legal in the United States because lions are only considered threatened, and not endangered.

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http://tbo.com/dining/taco-fusion-pulls-controversial-lion-tacos-off-menu-b82489636z1

[bravenak]

1. These people are serving up Mufasa.

I'm mad about that,yo.
My daughter's favorite animal is a lion.
Why would anyone want to eat a carnivore?
Disgusting.

[TDale313]

2. I admit to feeling a bit hypocritical...

Cause, my first reaction is to be horrified, but I'm not exactly vegan, so... Guess I'm just discriminating against the cows, pigs, and chickens.

[Renew Deal]

3. What makes Lion different than other meat eaten in america?

It's the old horsemeat argument.

[LanternWaste]

6. Social mores...

Social mores... a concept which appears to elude many otherwise well-educated people pretending to make a clever point.

[Fuddnik]

4. The taco joint's website said 3 days ago, they were out of lion meat.

And that they weren't going to buy anymore.

But, most of the lemming media around here just started reporting it yesterday. It's a non-story now.

[jberryhill]

5. I thought they had those at IKEA

[LeftInTX]

7. I wonder what it tastes like?

[Cleita]

8. I wonder if they would eat a house cat in a taco?

Is it different if it's a lion?

[geomon666]

9. I don't get it

What's the controversy about serving lion meat?