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Songbird endangered in France hunted as a culinary delicacy |
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19 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:32 PM on 19 Sep 2007 Ortolan is a French delicacy: a tiny songbird, roasted whole and swallowed in one bite, bones and all. Ortolan hunting has been banned in France since 1998 to protect the species, but the birds have a high price on the black market, and as many as 30,000 a year are fattened up and sold by poachers to high-end chefs. Apparently freedom fries just aren't good enough for them. source: Assoc ... |
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