Sausage with Bear Meat: Animal Protection Austria Filed a Complaint

Animal Protection Austria filed a complaint against the dealer, the organization announced in a press release on Friday. Because: Not only killing, but also trading in strictly protected animal species is prohibited according to the Carinthian Nature Conservation Act.

The sausages, which contain bear meat in addition to pork fat, cost 64 euros per kilogram, according to the relevant section of the website - it was still online on Friday morning. The sausages come from the Slovenian Soča Valley, it says there. And, what further outrages the animal rights activists: Not only is the "extremely pleasant" taste advertised and flirted with, but also rather questionable attributions: "Whether bear meat has a positive effect on potency, I do not know. But a hunter who has once hunted a bear swears by the power of bear meat."

Sausage with Bear Meat: "Like a Late April Fool's Joke"

"The idea that eating bear meat could have a potency-enhancing effect nowadays reads like a late April Fool's joke. Such demand promotes the shooting of endangered bears," criticized Michaela Lehner of Animal Protection Austria. And Leona Fux added: "The brown bear has already been exterminated twice in Austria. It is irresponsible and illegal to make profits from the meat of these endangered animals." Animal Protection Austria also pointed to current frictions with the state of Carinthia, such as the shooting permits for wolves or beavers: "Nature conservation laws are being trampled on here in times of the biodiversity crisis."

A response to an APA inquiry to the relevant online retailer was initially pending. There was also still mention of the bear bacon, which is so tender "that it can be spread on toast like butter when melted."

(APA/Red)

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