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		Store sells out of canned reindeer meat after protesters make people aware that there's such a thing as canned reindeer meat available to buy (bottomline.msnbc.msn.com)		23
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AbbeySomeone		2011-12-19 06:02:41 AM

Yay! Free advertising.
I'd buy a few tins just for kicks.

Shakespeare's Monkey		2011-12-19 07:57:03 AM

So come get yer turkeys cuz there's plenty of em, geez yeah!

SharkTrager		2011-12-19 07:58:30 AM

If I could get canned reindeer meat it would become a Christmas staple.

BlowPopGirl		2011-12-19 08:03:29 AM

it's not the venison
it's the liver
a whole different texture and dependent on what they feed their stock

I would guess quite tasty but a bit more subdued than antelope.

Barfmaker		2011-12-19 08:10:12 AM

claiming that the process of harvesting the venison is traumatic to the animals.

The trauma is slightly mitigated by the fact that the animal is dead.

Thallone1		2011-12-19 08:20:37 AM

Sounds like an awesome gag gift. Or a fine way of letting the precious snowflakes in on the truth about Santa.

Senappi		2011-12-19 08:49:10 AM

I'm eating this atleast once a week:
www.polarseafood.se

and it's really good.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2011-12-19 08:50:23 AM

I'd be out there protesting too.

I mean, canned meat is disgusting. Blech!

foxyshadis		2011-12-19 08:50:31 AM

Barfmaker: claiming that the process of harvesting the venison is traumatic to the animals.

The trauma is slightly mitigated by the fact that the animal is dead.

Do they think the animals wake up in a bathtub full of ice and bandages over the missing liver, not remembering anything after the crazy party last night?

T-Bone42		2011-12-19 08:57:02 AM

Open question: would this be considered a Streisand Effect?

AbbeySomeone		2011-12-19 08:59:14 AM

foxyshadis: Barfmaker: claiming that the process of harvesting the venison is traumatic to the animals.

The trauma is slightly mitigated by the fact that the animal is dead.

Do they think the animals wake up in a bathtub full of ice and bandages over the missing liver, not remembering anything after the crazy party last night?

Silly, they just wake up dazed and confused in a snow bank. The North Pole is very cold.

Shakespeare's Monkey		2011-12-19 09:07:54 AM

SharkTrager: If I could get canned reindeer meat it would become a Christmas staple.

farm1.staticflickr.com

Satanic_Hamster		2011-12-19 09:15:00 AM

After hearing about this on NPR and BBC last week, I searched around on a few online stores to see if I could order any for Christmas. Couldn't find any. :(

ReapTheChaos		2011-12-19 09:16:04 AM

Its just goes to show, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

StaleCracker		2011-12-19 10:01:59 AM

People are coming from Gdansk to buy the reindeer meat!

/Down with this sort of thing!
//Careful now.

Ivo Shandor		2011-12-19 11:21:10 AM

Satanic_Hamster: After hearing about this on NPR and BBC last week, I searched around on a few online stores to see if I could order any for Christmas. Couldn't find any. :(

Google found this one (new window) in Alaska. They also have canned musk-ox, which IMHO tastes better than reindeer. There used to be a Canadian company that sold similar products but it looks like they went out of business a while ago.

devildog123		2011-12-19 11:50:46 AM

Ivo Shandor: Satanic_Hamster: After hearing about this on NPR and BBC last week, I searched around on a few online stores to see if I could order any for Christmas. Couldn't find any. :(

Google found this one (new window) in Alaska. They also have canned musk-ox, which IMHO tastes better than reindeer. There used to be a Canadian company that sold similar products but it looks like they went out of business a while ago.

I live in Fairbanks, we have a cafe called The Loose Moose where you can buy all their stuff, plus fresh burgers and hot dogs/sausages made out of all kinds of game. Plus, my butcher usually has some Reindeer available.

oldebayer		2011-12-19 12:20:19 PM

've got my order in already for next season's green curried crickets. Doubt they'll run out of toasted ants, but it's hard to find curried crickets. Especially the green ones.

www.corporate-aliens.com

watson.t.hamster		2011-12-19 12:42:22 PM

Animal rights activists are masters at shooting themselves in the foot.

You would think they would learn.

/or maybe they're getting paid under the table to drum up controversy.

Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel		2011-12-19 02:52:44 PM

It's not like they used Santa's reindeer - they all have jobs.

This stuff is 100% canned reindeer. They were just too lazy for anything else, not flying, just playing reindeer games while living off welfare programs that do nothing but drain the Arctic Reserve.

Good riddance, I say.

evil rhinobird		2011-12-19 03:00:58 PM

Hear me, hear me! Stop eating reindeer! Stop eating them with honey mustard sauce. Stop eating them with tangy sweet-and-sour sauce. Stop eating the new fiesta reindeer salad. Stop taking advantage of the money-saving 12-pack. Stop enjoying reindeer on the patio, in the car, or on the boat. Wherever good times are had!

washington-babylon		2011-12-19 03:24:57 PM

Alternate headline for ya subby: "Animal right activists' protest defeated by Streisand's Boomerang."

puddleonfire		2011-12-19 03:25:06 PM

CANNED REINDEER?!
How dare they!
Always demand it FRESH.

Here's our local PHX hero, Chef Payton Curry.
Protest all you want.
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