Are you hungry for meat, but you want something different? Maybe you’re feeling a bit of World Cup fever? Well, Il Vinaio, a restaurant in Phoenix Valley, Arizona, has a deal for you. For $21, you get a side of corn on the cob, spicy home-made chips, and a lion-meat hamburger. Yes, an endangered species-burger is a reality!
The best part is that the lions aren’t actually endangered lions. According to Cameron Selogie, the owner of the restaurant, the lions are farm-raised lions from a plantation in Illinois. “We thought that since the World Cup was in Africa … that the lion burger might be interesting for some of our more adventurous customers. But most of them, when we tell them the facts, that this is farm raised and it doesn’t hurt the endangered animals, seem pretty reasonable.”
You know, when you put it that way, it does seem reasonable. If I was in the area, I’d definitely have chowed down on that. If they could somehow get this in my area, I’m totally eating it. I’ve always wanted to eat an endangered animal.
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