Dorothee
Germany
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Of course this doesn’t concern the golden-mantled tree-kangaroo – shooting a critically-endangered yet adorable little thing like this just for the meat would cause a lot of protests -, but at least this is about this marsupial’s Australian relatives: Due to all the recent problems with products from feeding-lots – like meat being contaminated with unhealthy soy and antibiotics – the trend now is that many people want to buy the meat of wild beast instead as they consider this to be healthier. Especially exotic wild beast – like kangaroo – seems to increase in popularity. Now the German animal-aid organization “Tierschutzbüro” published a text that explains why the meat of kangaroos may not be as healthy as it seems at first: >Officially only healthy animals are to be shot, but fact is that most hunts are organized by local hunters who aren’t qualified to tell healthy and sick examples apart. >Most wild beast is shot far away from the closest cold storage. Until hunters finally bring the meat there, they cool it provisionally only. The result – e.coli bacteria and salmonellas – later are found in many junks of kangaroo meat.
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