Topic: Zoo Animals when War is On
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Palghat

Thu 12/13/18 01:14 AM


Second World War engulfed a third of the world and though the theater of the war was distant the people of Madras suffered in many ways.
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But the greatest tragedy to the fabric of Madras happened when corporators started worrying about what would happen if the bombs fell on the zoo and the lions and tigers got out. So the entire collection of carnivorous animals were shot dead by a platoon of the Malabar police.
--- --- from an article in The Hindu by Historian V Rama Krishnan


Anybody know what happened to the Zoos in Europe during WWII ?


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greeneyes148

Mon 12/17/18 04:02 PM

As I understand it the local Chinese take out restaurants made good use of them.
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catinidaho

Mon 12/17/18 07:16 PM

That wasn't nice, greeneyes.
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greeneyes148

Wed 12/19/18 04:16 PM

That was said in jest.

But it does have some truth to it. I worked in south china for 2 years, lived there. And I have been at dinner tables where dog and cats were served. I passed on it...( I think.. never really know) but the Chinese folks loved every bite. I have been in villages where rat was being eaten regularly, like we would eat a hot dog.

And I have walked thru many large outdoor " back alley" " meat markets where thousands of live animals of every imaginable kind were on sale... to be eaten. On the endangered list?.. Lol... means nothing there.

You don't see these markets on the T.V.( commie country) and westerners don't go to the " meat markets"...not allowed.. but I did...I saw it all... and they are thriving.

The joke my Chinese co workers would tell me was " if it had parents.. we have a recipe for it"

Sorry... but is the truth.
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catinidaho

Wed 12/19/18 04:46 PM

I would really pass on eating dogs, cats and horses. I've had those pets. I'm eating less meat anyway, including chicken.
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greeneyes148

Wed 12/19/18 04:54 PM


I would really pass on eating dogs, cats and horses. I've had those pets. I'm eating less meat anyway, including chicken.


I did have Donkey,for some reason it was a big seller in the area ( outside Dongguan), they had eateries that just served different variations of it. and to tell you the truth... It wasn't bad.



can't eat rice and noodles all the time