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Caracas, Mar 16 (EFE) (Camera: Iván Cárdenas) .- Disappointment is drawn on the face of worker María Ponte when she leaves a butcher shop in the Caracas favela of Petare, the largest and most problematic in Venezuela. She went there hoping that some phenomenon had thrown prices down, allowing her to eat meat for the first time this year.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS AND MARKETS IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Music legend Meat Loaf admits that he has "gone off" meat.
Ellie Goulding recently made the decision to go vegan and is now trying to persuade her boyfriend Caspar Jopling to follow suit.
This little guy is a member of an endangered species of turtle called pochitoque, and he is what's for dinner. Pochitoque is one of the most popular dishes for locals of the northern Mexican city of Tabasco for the Christian tradition of Lent. The turtles are captured and prepared by first removing the meat from the shell and carefully washing it. Local foods, such as parsley, chaya, green bananas and corn flour play a large role in Pochitoque dishes. Lent occurs on Ash Wednesday, the day after Fat Tuesday, and typically lasts for about six weeks until Easter Sunday. Many Christians traditionally observe Lent by giving up luxuries they can live without. Some Christians commit to eating a special diet during the Lenten period. Tabasco residents, many of whom are ardent Roman Catholics, typically prepare the Pochitoque turtle to mark the time. One traditional method of eating the Pochitoque for Lent in Tabasco is to prepare the turtle meat in a soup and serve it inside the shell. Although observed by Christians today, the dish is thought to originate from the Mayans and is an important part of Mexico's cultural heritage. Would you ever consider trying Pochitoque?
These little piglets were literally squeeling for joy as they lept off an open platform in their very own amusement park at owner Peng Fenghui's pig farm in China's Hunan province on Saturday. Their typical day include diving and sliding into water, running around in an obstacle course, and having a generally worry-free life, something they could never dream of in the wild. However, this level of freedom has a steep price tag, both for the pigs and for the farmers. The farmers all know what's in store for the animals. They will mate then be killed and sold for three times the price compared to pork raised in factory farms. All sorts of ethical considerations come into play at Peng Fenghui's pig farm. Does the farmer ever become emotionally attached to his livestock? Is killing the pigs for meat justified by providing them a much better quality of life then they would find in the wild? One thing is clear about Peng Fenghui's pig farm. Word has gotten around that extra care from the farmers has made the pork taste amazing, and demand has never been higher. That's what happens when pigs fly.
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