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moondust

(21,385 posts) Sun Aug 24, 2014, 09:31 PM Aug 2014

Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market [View all]

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Source: BBC

A unique harvest is under way in the rice fields of Cambodia where tens of thousands of wild rats are being trapped alive each day to feed a growing export market for the meat of rural rodents.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28863315

Yikes.

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Cambodian rat meat: A growing export market [View all] moondust Aug 2014 OP

grain fed all natural! KG Aug 2014 #1

I'll be it will be expensive at Whole Foods. Kablooie Aug 2014 #2

I have wondered why rodent farming pipoman Aug 2014 #3

Get your fried rat on a stick. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #4

If you haven't read it try "King Rat ". Great book. Lochloosa Aug 2014 #5

Yes indeed Zorro Aug 2014 #10

Hmmmm ...something about rat fuckers. L0oniX Aug 2014 #6

Ben is watching from a corner... n/t jtuck004 Aug 2014 #7

Yuck - shudders. 840high Aug 2014 #8

Tastes like chicken. immoderate Aug 2014 #9

A bit more of the article davidpdx Aug 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Kali Aug 2014 #12

It's funny because someone posted a picture of dog meat being sold in South Korea davidpdx Aug 2014 #13

Locking. Sissyk Aug 2014 #14