Rat meat seized by US customs agents at O'Hare Airport

[left-of-center2012]

Officials say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport thwarted a man's attempt to import dozens of pounds of African rat meat.

Customs spokesman Steve Bansbach said Tuesday that the man declared the 32 pounds of meat on June 26 when his flight arrived from the Ivory Coast. The meat was confiscated and destroyed.

Bansbach says the man did not face a fine and continued on his journey because he was forthcoming about what he was bringing into the country. He says customs officials prohibit the entry of African meats to prevent the spread of diseases.



https://abc7chicago.com/food/rat-meat-seized-by-us-customs-agents-at-ohare/5376358/

[customerserviceguy]

1. Hey, you need that to make Rats-a-Roni! n/t

[Sneederbunk]

2. Republicans in Africa?

[hlthe2b]

3. Has no one ever heard of Ratatouille?

imbécile!

[3catwoman3]

4. Serious question here. Why would anyone want...

...rat meat?

[murielm99]

5. To feed snakes?

Or republicans?

[safeinOhio]

7. Taste just like chicken

if you remove the skin.

[Stryst]

10. I've eaten squirrel a couple of times

Always reminded me of game bird like grouse.

[Mopar151]

6. James Clavell's King Rat

Based on the author's experience in the Changi POW camp.
The ever scheming Corporal King masterminds a rat-meat growing operation. As impoetant a psychological study as The Caine Mutiny.

[left-of-center2012]

8. King Rat

I read it year's ago.

King Rat (Clavell novel)

https://tinyurl.com/y2wmsmey

[csziggy]

9. He should just go to Florida and hunt African giant pouch rats

If he wants rat meat. Those things are invasive and he'd probably be praised for killing off a few dozen or so.

Florida tries to wipe out cat-sized African rats
Laura Myers

GRASSY KEY, Florida (Reuters) - Deep in the heart of the Florida Keys, wildlife officials are laying bait laced with poison to try to wipe out a colony of enormous African rats that could threaten crops and other animals.

U.S. federal and state officials are beginning the final phase of a two-year project to eradicate the Gambian pouched rats, which can grow to the size of a cat and began reproducing in the remote area about eight years ago.

“This is the only place in the United States where this is occurring,” said Gary Witmer, a biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.

“They don’t belong here and they need to be controlled.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-rats/florida-tries-to-wipe-out-cat-sized-african-rats-idUSN2430572020070524

[Initech]

11. Was it headed for the terminal Hot Dog On A Stick?

[left-of-center2012]

12. I like corn dogs on a stick