Cannibalism in Stone Age Britain was a method to dispose of the dead

Cannibalism was commonplace in Britain during the Stone Age to dispose of the dead and it was also common in other countries. This was a cultural attitude and at that time cannibalism was not considered objectionable.

RESEARCH AND COMMENT: The Times reports that “cannibalism was widely practised” in Stone Age Britain and north-west Europe about 15,000 years ago according to a study. The interesting part of this study is that the researchers believe that cannibalism wasn’t about food and sustenance. It …

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Frogs are dismembered while alive and discarded to take their legs for consumption

Frogs' legs

NEWS AND COMMENT: Did you realise that the well-known dish that the French love, frogs’ legs in garlic, are the product of mass animal cruelty? That’s what animal activists have said at the world’s biggest celebration of frogs legs in Vittel, eastern France. It is …

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Russians say that Britons have to rely on eating squirrel because of a food shortage!

Grey squirrel in Regents Park

NEWS AND OPINION: The host of the Russian talk show 60 Minutes, Olga Skabeyeva, said: “In the once Great Britain it was revealed today that some restaurants will be serving squirrels in view of the fact that there are plenty of animals in the park, …

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Attractive, smiling Chinese woman eats crunchy grilled dog’s head

Attractive woman eats grilled dog's head. Very crunchy.

Very crunchy and tasty. Why are Europeans squeamish about eating dog’s head? It is a cultural difference as I have mentioned beforeEnergetic and industrious Chinese man prepares and cooks a horse’s head and it is sickening but to see this is particularly difficult because the …

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