Chimpanzee Bushmeat Found On Sale in UK!

BACKSTREET Midland restaurants and market stalls are selling chimpanzee meat, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.

The sickening trade in bush meat has been exposed by a Government whistleblower, who says the chimp flesh was identified after it was seized by trading standards officials.

He told the Sunday Mercury: “It is well known this practice is underway in the region but I was shocked to discover the meat that was tested was once a chimpanzee.

“Dubious meat is often tested, and has turned out to be things like rats and vermin in the past – but chimpanzee is unbelievable.”



The chimp meat is understood to have been discovered after raids by trading standards in the Midlands.

The startling claims were last night backed up by British bush meat experts who outlined the shocking scale of the worldwide trade in dead wild animals, which stretches from Africa to the UK.

Dr Marcus Rowcliffe, research fellow at the Zoological Society of London, is an expert on the bush meat trade in Africa.

He recently completed an in-depth study into the smuggling of it through Charles de Gaulle airport in France, the hub of the trade in Europe.

It revealed that about 270 tonnes of illegal bush meat may be passing through the busy airport each year and out into the rest of the continent and UK.

Dr Rowcliffe said: “I’m not at all surprised that bush meat is on sale in the Midlands because we know the trade is going on in the UK and that there is a regular flow of smuggled meat into the country.

“However, it is not often that chimpanzee is found as that is rare even in the markets of Africa, so I am surprised by that.

“When we carried out our study at Charles de Gaulle airport, we estimated that five tonnes a week was coming into Europe and then being distributed across the continent by traders in Paris.

“Obviously I believe less than five tonnes a week makes it into the UK, but there is still a significant amount that is brought in and customs officials are very aware of it.

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2011/02/27/chimp-meat-discovered-on-menu-in-midlands-restaurants-66331-28243001/

eilzel wrote:Why would anybody buy this?

People involved in this kind of market make my stomach turn, as an animal lover. The punishment should be severe!

eilzel wrote:Why would anybody buy this?

People involved in this kind of market make my stomach turn, as an animal lover. The punishment should be severe!

posty wrote:

i know its not a british taste so im assuming its for the incomers ,i bet its not halal.

like a lot of the comments in the article its almost cannibalism.

eilzel wrote:

True, hadn't thought of that

There was a discussion on Radio 2 last week about a new ice cream using the milk of human mothers- just dosen't sit right with me...

stardesk wrote:Hi folks. Trouble is these days we don't know what we're eating. Not so long ago in my town a chinese restuarant was shut down when it was discovered they were cooking and serving up rats.

As Posty said, above, is this meat destined for the 'newcomers' who may have eaten such things in their homeland?

stardesk wrote:They don't though do they. Like many other issues with migrants, we are expected to accept, even conform, to their ways.

I'd better stop there.

stardesk wrote:Hi folks. Trouble is these days we don't know what we're eating. Not so long ago in my town a chinese restuarant was shut down when it was discovered they were cooking and serving up rats.

As Posty said, above, is this meat destined for the 'newcomers' who may have eaten such things in their homeland?

stardesk wrote:You've put me on the spot there, Eilzel. Not wishing to offend anyone but, yes I'm turning into a nationalist. The England of my birth and youth is fast disappearing and I don't like it. Our way of life is constantly bombarded with other ethnic groups shouting 'Human Rights' and the right to instal their ways on us. No, I don't like it and next time round the BNP will get my vote.