Bat shortage

[macdon02]

Indonesia’s COVID-19 taskforce spokesman Achmad Yurianto told The Australian on Tuesday “the decision to discipline or close these ‘extreme’ markets should come from local authorities, not from us”. “Ideally extreme (wildlife wet) markets would be shut down,” said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, the Health Ministry’s zoonotic disease director, but the ministry’s emphasis was on defeating human-to-human transmission of the virus.
Shoppers thronged North Sulawesi’s notorious Tomohon “extreme meat” market on the weekend, where rows of bat carcasses were lined up on bloodied butchers’ tables next to charred dog bodies and pig heads.
Nearby, eviscerated pythons hung suspended from meat hooks while other vendors sold whole cooked rats on sticks.


One bat seller, Cibey, told The Australian he was having trouble securing his usual supply because the hunting area had been “badly hit by the pandemic”. “We are concerned about health but we must continue to show up for work. What else can we do except sell meat as usual?” he said.


So while we stay shut down for all intensive purposes, the rest of the world has gone back to normal. Meat shortages everywhere including bats. What good is this doing if the flights keep coming in and Asia hasnt changed anything? Im sure our kids will get their childhood back. Mine have a real desire to go again just for the social and sports aspect.

Article from The Australian, paywalled but feel free to search the paragraphs it'll take you to source.

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[Sheepwheat]

Ack. Don’t you hate it when the co op is out of bats? Then you have to head home and catch them yourself, which cramps your style.

[beaverdam]

The central managed communist government of China, too cheap to buy real meat for their citizens,,, essentially "let them eat, anything that moves".
The beef, pork and chicken are reserved for the upper echelon of communist leaders and their friends.
This continues because leaders would rather eat pork and beef than eat bats. More bats for the lowest classes, the more "first world" meats for the members of the National People’s Congress and their friends.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html

[fjlip]

Indonesian diet similar? This has got to be stopped, BATSHIT crazy SHITHOLE countries!

[seldomseen]

The central managed communist government of China, too cheap to buy real meat for their citizens,,, essentially "let them eat, anything that moves".
The beef, pork and chicken are reserved for the upper echelon of communist leaders and their friends.
This continues because leaders would rather eat pork and beef than eat bats. More bats for the lowest classes, the more "first world" meats for the members of the National People’s Congress and their friends.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html

This makes sense since the idea of of a communist central planning state is, We are all equal Comrade!

[farmaholic]

Our culture eats pork and chicken..... H1N1---swine flu. Avian flu too.

Cross species infection is scary.

Anatomically they say pigs are quite similar to humans.... lots of other similarities too....LOL.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Our culture eats pork and chicken..... H1N1---swine flu. Avian flu too.

Cross species infection is scary.

Anatomically they say pigs are quite similar to humans.... lots of other similarities too....LOL.

Just look at the menu of one of the game suppers we have here locally, or at one of the exotic restaurants like the onme in Banff.
Those who live in glass houses comes to mind.

[farmaholic]

............ or at one of the exotic restaurants like the onme in Banff.

I've never eaten at an upscale restaurant in Banff before, but with the tourist "culture" there.... they just might be catering to the elite appetite and craving.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've never eaten at an upscale restaurant in Banff before, but with the tourist "culture" there.... they just might be catering to the elite appetite and craving.

Big difference being that here, people eat these unusual foods maybe once in a lifetime for a sense of adventure and pay dearly for the privilege, whereas apparently in Asia, it is often the cheaper alternative, or has some supposed medicinal properties. Or in some cases, a delicacy as well.

The entire issue certainly tarnishes the reputation China was attempting to build, that they are an industrialised, modern first world country, and quickly becoming a dominant world power. When people in a big city still eat like this, with the governments official consent.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've never eaten at an upscale restaurant in Banff before, but with the tourist "culture" there.... they just might be catering to the elite appetite and craving.

Found it: http://banffgrizzlyhouse.com/dinner-menu/ http://banffgrizzlyhouse.com/dinner-menu/

Hunter Fondue Bourguignonne (8oz.)
Buffalo, Wild Boar and Venison served with our Special sauces. $46.95

Exotic Fondue (7oz.)
Shark, Alligator, Rattlesnake, Ostrich, Frogs Legs, Buffalo and venison served with our special Sauces. $53.95

Never been there personally, or to a big game dinner, I'm quite conservative in what I will eat. Even Chicken is too exotic for me.

[woodland]

I've never eaten at an upscale restaurant in Banff before, but with the tourist "culture" there.... they just might be catering to the elite appetite and craving.

And I thought going to the COWS store for an ice cream and getting a beaver tail while passing through was the fancy “upscale” thing to do............

[beaverdam]

This makes sense since the idea of of a communist central planning state is, We are all equal Comrade!

No, never in communist regimes. The little people are supposed to believe everyone is equal but that rarely happens. Fidel, his friends and family were never equal to the peasants.

[sumdumguy]

We may be eating rabbits if meat becomes scarce. LOL When we were young we caught some jack rabbits and mom cooked them up - rabbit stew.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

No, never in communist regimes. The little people are supposed to believe everyone is equal but that rarely happens. Fidel, his friends and family were never equal to the peasants.

See Animal Farm for further details.

[Braveheart]

Flocks of pigeons flying around the yard are suddenly very nervous. Rumours of expanding menu.