Marinating your Cat....

geeky · 11-08-2010 2:34pm #1

Was thinking of posting this in the animal forum but figured AHers may be interested. I've often heard of kids being cruel to cats (for some reason, dogs seem to avoid the worst of it) but some loon in America decided to eat his - because it was "possessive, greedy and wasteful." Police found it marinating - yes, marinating - alive in his trunk.

Here's the local TV report.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8KubCZEKc

[watch for the friend's reaction at 1:30 - surely a new meme for shock...]

And gawker coverage
http://gawker.com/5609931/marinated-cat-rescued-from-car-trunk-before-becoming-owners-meal

So, is this the most bizarre case of cat cruelty you've heard, or are there others?

we'llallhavetea_old · 11-08-2010 2:38pm

freak!

the cat is gorgeous, want him.

Fukuyama · 11-08-2010 2:40pm

He was 'meowrinating' him :P

Notorious97 · 11-08-2010 2:40pm

i hate cats, love dogs

still doesnt excuse being cruel to a cat though

30H!3 · 11-08-2010 2:41pm

No different to eating a chicken, pig, cow, lamb, turkey, etc imo.

pickarooney · 11-08-2010 2:44pm

What kind of moron tries to marinate meat when it's still alive and covered in fur?

Bit of a dick move by the new family just renaming him like he was a text file or something.

11-08-2010 2:44pm

Dean0088 wrote: »

He was 'meowrinating' him :P

No, he was marinating him.

petes · 11-08-2010 2:45pm

30H!3 wrote: »

No different to eating a chicken, pig, cow, lamb, turkey, etc imo.

Ah it is though.

Sykk · 11-08-2010 2:46pm

He must have had bad feline's for the cat.. Would have tasted catastrophic anyway.

alwaysadub · 11-08-2010 2:46pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What kind of moron tries to marinate meat when it's still alive and covered in fur?

.

Was just thinking that myself-sure the seasoning would just stick to the fur

It wasn't me! · 11-08-2010 3:49pm

Insurgent wrote: »

Ah it is though.

Apart from the fact that I can't see your typical domestic tabby tasting too nice (cats bred for eating are going to be different) it really isn't.

Also, we have to get away from this position that it's cruel to kill and eat certain animals but not to kill and eat others. Either it's alright to kill and eat things or it's not. Assuming the method of dispatch is humane, there's no logical basis for the distinction. I have no problem with someone slaughtering an animal for food, regardless of the animal in question, provided it's done humanely. This is of course notwithstanding protected species and endangered species, where certain controls prevail.

King Felix · 11-08-2010 3:51pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Apart from the fact that I can't see your typical domestic tabby tasting too nice (cats bred for eating are going to be different) it really isn't.

It all tastes like chicken, tbh.

strokemyclover · 11-08-2010 3:52pm

Looks like Gary Korkuc is going to spend the next few months taking it up the Gary!

It wasn't me! · 11-08-2010 3:53pm

King Felix wrote: »

It all tastes like chicken, tbh.

Shrug, never had cat. No objection to trying it though.

cson · 11-08-2010 3:55pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Shrug, never had cat. No objection to trying it though.

Ever had take away Chinese?

Then you've eaten cat.

King Felix · 11-08-2010 3:55pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Shrug, never had cat. No objection to trying it though.

The housecats have a bit more flavour and are a little tenderer, though, than the battery-reared cats.

Must be the free-range thing.

Sanjuro · 11-08-2010 4:00pm

Probably misread the recipe as catatouille.

SadieSue · 11-08-2010 4:02pm

The meal would end up being a catastrophe!

topper75 · 11-08-2010 4:02pm

It's no convenience snack. I'd to cook my fella nine times before he was done.

ancapailldorcha · 11-08-2010 4:46pm

30H!3 wrote: »

No different to eating a chicken, pig, cow, lamb, turkey, etc imo.

At least they're all killed in a more humane/less painful manner.

Hank_Jones · 11-08-2010 4:49pm

Dave White Eagle?

Now there is a name.
Sounds like a superhero name someone would make up for themselves.

Scarydoll · 11-08-2010 4:53pm

Sounds like he has done this before. I wonder if any of his neighbours pets have gone missing or turned up covered in bbq sauce.

It wasn't me! · 11-08-2010 4:58pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

At least they're all killed in a more humane/less painful manner.

Since the guy didn't kill his cat, how do you know? Also, the methods for factory slaughter, particularly for smaller animals such as fowl, are not pretty, and definitely not as humane as they might be.