And not just in Napoleon Dynamite. Check out ligers on Wikipedia. I wasn't Googling around for ligers though, I reading Slate Blog's story on a guy who made liger burgers. No lie. Read below!
Maker of Lion Burger Has Spotted Past
The Chicago butcher who processed the lion meat for the now-infamous lion burger sold at a Phoenix restaurant has a spotted past: In 2003, Czimer was sentenced to six months in prison for selling meat from leopards and tigers, two big cats that enjoy federally protected status. Selling and eating lion meat is "uncommon but not illegal," according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman. However, Czimer has shown he is willing to fudge his great-cat distinctions with his product. "Czimer admitted to purchasing the carcasses of 16 tigers, four lions, two mountain lions and one liger—a tiger-lion hybrid, which actually exists—which were skinned, butchered and sold as 'lion meat,' for a profit of more than $38,000," CNN reports. Czimer's butcher shop sells protein from all kinds of exotic animals, from the more mundane ducks and buffalos to "llama leg roasts" and "camel cutlets."
Read original story in CNN | Thursday, June 24, 2010
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