The U.S.-based company Exotic Meats and More sells such oddities as iguana, llama, camel, according to its website. In the United States, some people eat legally hunted black bear-which is not considered threatened-Hunter said, especially in late autumn after the animal has foraged all summer. Of course, that doesn't stop some people from consuming exotic meat. In 2007, for instance, a biologist in Arizona contracted primary pneumatic plague after dissecting a cougar carcass and died shortly after.Īdded Luke Dollar, grant-program director of the Big Cats Initiative: "While these aren't lions that have a realistic chance of roaming the African plains some day, the use of them for food animals has to be considered ethically questionable." Since the predators end up eating so many different animals, they accumulate parasites and diseases. Handling wild-carnivore carcasses can also be dangerous, Hunter said. Government Relations at WWF, said in an email. Though wild lions aren't killed for food, there's concern that weak or poorly regulated laws regarding the ownership, breeding, and trade of captive big cats in the U.S.-in particular tigers-could fuel the black market for big-cat parts, Will Gartshore, senior program officer for U.S. based wild-cat conservation group that works with National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative.įor one, carnivore populations worldwide are dwindling-the African lion is listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and is endangered in certain West African countries. Yet "eating carnivores is mostly not a good idea," argued Luke Hunter, president of Panthera, a U.S. In 2012 for instance, Czimer was able to purchase only two lions. "He's discriminating against all my customers and everybody who wants to try something new," said Czimer.Ĭzimer pointed out that hundreds of thousands of cattle are killed per day, while there are far fewer lions killed. In his view, Arroyo's proposed lion-meat ban is "trying to curtail a choice" in what people eat. in Homer Glen, Illinois, sometimes buys USDA-certified lion meat. Richard Czimer, owner of Czimer's Game and Sea Foods Inc. "We have no evidence that lion trade in the U.S. Luis Arroyo's Lion Meat Act would make it "unlawful for any person to slaughter a lion or for any person to possess, breed, import or export from this State, buy, or sell lions for the purpose of slaughter."Īrroyo says he believes at there are at least two sites in Illinois selling African lion meat, according to the Associated Press, though the legislator did not identify them by name.Ĭrawford Allan, an illegal wildlife trade expert for the conservation group World Wildlife Fund, said lions are farmed for meat in the United States to sell in restaurants. (Reward the scientists by giving them an up close and personal look at the electro-machine in the room near the beginning of the section.An Illinois state representative wants to ban lion meat from his state, raising an obvious question: just who is eating this stuff? There are some sentry guns hanging around outside so be careful. You probably should stop the weird operating machine before leading out the scientists, but you'll need one to activate the retinal scanner in order to go out the front door. Jump down the newly created hole, but try going down via pipes and boxes so you don't lose too much health. Then try pushing a box so it obstructs the blast shield and fire again. Once you've turned on all four laser, try test-firing the super-laser. There are four laser beams that you have to turn on in this area (as well as a wonderfully macabre sequence before getting the gauss gun). alien fights and taking out the winner, until you get to a series of hallways with false ceilings. Wander through the complex, watching soldier vs. Try going into the control booth and pressing the button - it's a great way to get rid of the headcrabs, and also works on soldiers if you can lure them in. You'll come into some sort of laboratory with two cells, which hold some goodies.
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