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The Jolly Thresher pub, in Lymm, Cheshire, has announced
that it has withdrawn from sale all kangaroo meat after an
approach from international animal campaign group, Viva!
Viva! provided the pub with details of the extensive cruelty
involved in the slaughter of wildlife for meat and asked
them to stop selling it. The manager responded almost
immediately to say that kangaroo meat had been withdrawn.
Viva! has been campaigning against the destruction of wildlife
for meat for several years and its campaign persuaded all
major supermarkets to withdraw so called ‘exotic meats’ from
sale. The only outlets now selling wild animals is
a small chain of pubs and a few bistros and independent butchers. The
outspoken group has also played a major part in the collapse
of the UK ostrich industry, which has gone from sunrise to
sunset in a few short years.
"Every year, millions of kangaroos are shot in the
wild, at night – unmonitored and out of sight of any
witnesses”, says Viva! campaigner, Justin Kerswell. “But
we have obtained personal testimonies and video footage which
shows appalling cruelty. It depicts animals being shot
through the neck or throat and being hung upside down on
metal hooks while still conscious. The worst cruelty
of all is reserved for baby ‘joeys’, hundreds
of thousands of whom are all killed by being stamped on,
smashed against wheel braces, by being decapitated or left
to die of starvation in the bush. The story is little better
for ostriches and crocodiles, all of which suffer enormously
before being served up as meat.
“We congratulate the Jolly Thresher in Lymm for having
taken this moral stand. There are still a few outlets who
persist in profiting from the death of wildlife and who seem
to be oblivious to the fact that 75 per cent of the world's
species are in decline or facing extinction. We ask
everyone to turn their backs on exotic meats and to let Viva!
know of any shops, restaurants or pubs still selling them
so we can provide the proprietors with the facts of this
barbaric trade. Wildlife belongs in the wild, not on
people’s dinner plates”.
[Notes for Editors: Images of kangaroos and kangaroo shooting
are available from Viva!.]
Contact: Justin Kerswell on 0117 944 1000
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