I’ve been trying to ignore this whole melee … but the fur is certainly flying over on Boca’s Facebook page.

Owner Brian Mazon said he wanted to put the eatery on the map by selling lion tacos next month, but I’m not quite sure if the publicity stunt is going to hurt or help the restaurant.

One question has yet to be answered: Why is it permissible to eat a big cat, but ghastly to eat a house cat? And does lion taste like chicken? Because if it does that’s gotta be one of the biggest ironies ever.

This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.

9 replies on “Hakuna Matata: Fur is Flying Over Boca’s Lion Tacos”

  2. I for one will be partaking in a lion taco – more so to spite the pretentious losers that waste their days on Facebook attacking a businessman for running his business. It looks to me like these people have too much time on their hands. Time that could be put to better use actually HELPING animals in need. Someone should tell them to go volunteer at a shelter in their community. That way they would actually be DOING something to help animals, instead of sitting behind a computer spreading hate and anger.

  3. But if we want to go with the whole extinction argument, then really shouldn’t we be supporting these farmers? They ensure that breeding pairs will be sustained indefinately. And with agricultural technology as advanced as it is, it’s a pretty safe bet to assume that if someone will eat it, it’s not going anywhere. Zoos do a lot of conservation, however many are underfunded and therefore can’t sustain the programs needed to make an
    impact. These farmers are saving lions, with yes, the almighty and evil dollar.

  4. I’m still wondering why we can eat lions but not house cats. Or has the game changed? Heeeeere kitty kitty ….

  5. Lion meat in the U.S. comes from lions who have spent their lives in backyard cages, zoos, pseudo-sanctuaries, roadside menageries, and circuses. When the novelty of keeping them wears off or when zoos need to make room for cute new babies, lions are sold at auction, where they may be purchased by slaughterhouses or canned hunting ranches. In other words, these lion tacos may very well include someone’s former “pet” ~ a lion that has been raised and tamed to trust people. This taco stand owner is participating in this kind of cruelty to gain notoriety and free advertising, and I wish everyone would boycott his and any other business that offers lion tacos. It’s a rotten, cheap publicity stunt.

  6. Dear Just, I’d bet that many of those posting do volunteer or rescue animals.
    This is not a good idea. Lion is a turnoff and may keep many a customer away for good, not just an lion taco night.

  7. To ‘JustCallingIt….’
    RE: ‘attacking a businessman for running his business.’
    Yet, you will go out of your own personal way to spend you OWN precious time, to buy the taco…simply out of spite!
    Oh, by the way- people have a right in this country to protest business practices they deem immorally distasteful….(although you’d no doubt like to get rid of that option, I’d wager).

    Between that, and writing about it, I’d say you’ve wasted more of your OWN time. Oh, the utter blasphemy to criticize the sacred hustler businessman!

    The thing that’s really scary about you sanctimonious ‘capitalism is God’ zealots
    is that you truly believe that every living thing on earth is potential grist for monetary exploitation, and you despise anyone who dares to try & stand in your way. Well, too bad, until you get your dream corporate police state.
    Enjoy your hateful meal.

  9. According to this morning’s paper, he will not be serving the tacos due to threats made by numerous people.

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