Posted on 03/02/2017 7:44:01 AM PST by fella
Starving Venezuelans are eating flamingos: As 21st Socialism continues to leave the Venezuelan economy in utter ruins, undernourished citizens who have grown tired of looking for food in garbage bins are seeking alternative ways of feeding themselves.
According to webzine Reportero 24, desperate Venezuelans have decided to hunt exotic animals in primitive ways in order to obtain their meat:
Last November, Luis Sibira, a biology student, found the bloody remains of eight pink flamingos in the mud near the Las Peonías lagoon in eastern Venezuela. Their breasts and torsos had been cut to pieces, their heads had been left to rot and their colorful feathers were spread across the dirt.
Researchers from Zulia University declared that rare species of birds protected under the law have become the most recent victims of Venezuela’s worsening economic crisis.
Photographs taken at the garbage dumps in the state of Zulia have also revealed shocking images: “dogs, cats, donkeys, horses, and pigeons are being dismembered since last year. Their skinned carcasses show clear signs of having been eaten.”
The researchers stated that they have kept records to prove that dozens of animals which the International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies as “vulnerable” have been sacrificed in Venezuela in order to be used as food.
Such reports, however, are not new. In May, 2016, Ramón Muchacho, mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, stated that men and women are killing animals for their meat in the streets of Venezuela’s capital. These include cats, dogs, and pigeons. According to a survey on the country’s quality of life published by several NGO’s and three prestigious national universities, Venezuelans’ protein intake fell by 30% in two years.
According to the survey, 93.3% of Venezuelan households stated that their income did not suffice to buy basic food products. In February, a seven-month old baby died of severe malnutrition. While 3.9% of the Venezuelan population suffers from malnutrition, 9.6 million Venezuelans state that they can only afford to eat twice per day.
In 2016, 72.7% of Venezuelans reported that they lost weight due to the difficulty of finding basic food items in stores. The poorest citizens lost the most weight on average, the survey found.
According to newspaper El Colombiano, Venezuelan schoolchildren are regularly missing class due to hunger.
“Starving Venezuelans Are Eating Flamingos and Anteaters”
Tastes like Subway’s chicken.
... and the MSM averts its eyes.
Why is the world letting them starve? Aren’t we all sending them aid?
When they run out of animals, people are next on the menu
“From each according to what he has, to me according to what I want.”
There, fixed it for old Karl.
Isn't it?
These stories make Bernie sad. His dream of making this possible in the US could have happened if only the dems hadn’t cheated him out of the nomination.
Bernie Sanders, your office is calling; paging Mr. Sanders.....
Now would be a good time to Require ALL First Year College Students to spend 30 days in the socialist utopia of Berniezuela. AT least then they will have a better understanding of what their Professors are advocating and teaching them.
Paging Mr. Sean Penn to the empty shelves on aisle 1,..and 2,..and 3,...and 4.,.....
Flamingo; the other, other white meat.
Maduro isn’t going hungry. Unexpected
They become Flaming Flamingos and their tongues will be extra long after eating too many Anteaters.
When the peasants finally revolt I hope they dig up Chavez and drag his carcass through the streets.
In all seriousness, how much longer is it going to take for this to come to a head?
supposedly Venezuala is down to their last 10 billion dollars- saw an article on FR yesterday about it i believe
With only 10 billion left it’s time for Maduro and his top cronies to transfer that to the Caymon Islands accounts then go to Cuba to rub elbows with the Castros.
According to the survey, 93.3% of Venezuelan households stated that their income did not suffice to buy basic food products.
Why would they need to “buy” food? I though the whole premise behind socialism was to provide for those that cannot provide for themselves. I guess I was mistaken.
Some times ones best and highest purpose is to serve as a warning to others.
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