Christina Dow was grocery shopping at Metro Supermarket in Temple City, in Southern California, when she came across “freshly slaughtered” raccoons in the frozen meat section. Complete with all their hair, limbs-and the expression on their faces the moment they were killed, some with their tongues hanging out of their mouths. These critters are apparently selling for $9.99 per pound, or about $54.
She was horrified and made a phone video and posted it to her facebook page, urging her friends to share it. She also notified the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, who promptly removed them from the store.
If LACHD finds that raccoons are considered “game animals”-and not considered endangered or threatened-then according to California’s Health and Safety Codes, they can legally be sold to the general public from an approved source.
Apparently, raccoons are considered a delicacy in China.
This story was an exclusive to CBS2 in Los Angeles.
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Why can’t we have grocery stores like that? Raccoon meat is pretty good.
So is rabbit, but selling them in their skins would raise an outcry. You used to see whole suckling pigs in the market. Not anymore. It’s special order. Same thing if you want a whole lamb.
Yeah, if it doesn’t come wrapped in plastic, then it hurts someone’s sensibilities.
Good grief. Around here, we’re warned to keep away from raccoons because some have rabies. In the grocery store? Gah.
People need to grow up. Pigs heads on a pig, cooked, are displayed in buffets all over the USA on a regular basis. Who hasn’t seen a dead raccoon with maggots crawling out of it on the side of the road before? Frozen fresh, in a bag, is certainly no worse.
I knew an old woman many years ago, who would not eat a fish if it didn’t still have the head on it. And, she wanted to see it prior to cooking, so she could check the freshness.