An Arizona restaurateur is fielding roars of protest over his decision to court business during the World Cup by serving burgers made with African lion meat.
Cameron Selogie, owner of IL Vinaio restaurant in Mesa, Arizona told reporters that he has received more than 150 e-mails from protesters. He also reported one bomb threat. Selogie points out that African lions are protected, but not endangered.
The African lion meat comes from a USDA regulated free-range farm in Illinois. Selogie says he investigated the farm before ordering his meat, as he wanted to make sure it was humanely raised. IL Vinaio ordered 10 pounds of the African lion meat from the farm, which will be offered as lion burgers to its customers in honor of the World Cup.
According to USDA spokesman Jim Brownlee, the lion meat may be uncommon dish, but he knows of no laws prohibiting commercial sale for human consumption.
So, there you have it. Lion meat in America: Strange? Yes. Illegal? No.

Thoughts:
I think its a very cruel thing to do. As the world's number of lions are getting lower and lower, by doing this it will further cause lion to be extinct in near future. In addition, they still consume Kangaroo meat hamburgers. Some of them might dare to try on and comment that the either of the hamburger are rather delicious than weird. Perhaps, they even compliment the restaurant boss for promoting such dishes to them. Conversely, those who are animal friendly had a strong disagreement on their act and refused to try on such dish. So are you dare to try on the lion meat hamburgers? Frankly speaking, I won't even dare to try it ! eewwww....

Yanling