Another reason why I am Vegan

Every now and then I run across stories that remind my why I am Vegan.

The article almost sounds crazy enough to be a feature story on The Onion.

Some of the stranger bits…

“This job is harder than cattle,” Mr. Jiménez said while on a nighttime hunt on Hato Santa Luisa, a ranch spread over more than 40,000 acres on Venezuela’s plains. “But it’s just as rewarding.”

….Never mind that capybaras have some unusual habits like eating their own feces. And yes, some chefs acknowledge, the methods used to kill capybaras, normally involving a sharp clubbing of the rodent’s head, put off some diners.

…Capybara is an exquisite meat that deserves prominent stature in our culinary tradition.

….The capybara is easier to steal than a cow, so there’s still a bit of thievery that takes place on some ranches,”

…“The pursuit is very hard,” said Abel Vargas, 42, a pipe-wielding hunter who wore a pair of goggles for diving after capybaras. Mr. Vargas said he especially liked cooked kidney of capybara.

I can understand how extreme hunger could drive people to do strange things, and eat strange things….but Capybara as haute cuisine? Gimme a break!