16Jan Crocodile Blood Spilled At Fuzhou Supermarket
A 1.5 meters, weighing about 32 kg adult crocodile was slaughtered at the square in front of one Fuzhou supermarket. Three workers skinned and cut the crocodile for sale, and this attracted a large number of onlookers.
The crocodile was tied and placed on the square in the morning. The butcher chopped the crocodile into two. Its head was separated from the body and the blood splashed all over the flood. The staff then chopped the crocodile’s limbs and then began skinning the crocodile.
The staff said that killing a crocodile is just like killing a pig. He pointed out that different part of the crocodile has different price. The limbs and tail is the most expensive part, which can be sold at 236 Yuan per kg. The crocodile head is the cheapest, which is 135 Yuan per kg.
“Crocodile meat is very nourishing, especially for curing asthma.” Supermarket staff members told the spectators. They told the spectators that the crocodile meat is very delicious and nutritious, and it can be used for medicinal purposes. They also claimed that cooking crocodile is simple.
This stirred conservations among the surrounding onlookers as many of them witness the slaughtering of crocodile for the first time in their life. Out of curiosity, some people bought the crocodile meat.
There are also people expressed their doubts on killing a crocodile in public as crocodile is listed as national protected animal.
Some citizens also thought that killing crocodile bloodily in front of the public is just a method to attract customers.
Crocodile in China’s level two protected animal. One who wishes to sell a crocodile must obtain the permit from provincial fishery administration department and quarantine permit from health and quarantine department.
The supermarket staff explained the crocodile is bought from Guangzhou and it was a second-generation aquaculture product. The supermarket had applied all the permits and licenses from responsible departments before killing and selling crocodile.
According to “Compendium of Materia Medica”, crocodile meat is extremely beneficial. However many medical experts and nutrition experts said that although crocodile meat is edible, it does not have the medicinal benefits on asthma and coughing like what the supermarket claimed.
Source: 6park
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