TORONTO -- An animal
rights group called
Tuesday for a theme park
operator to cancel
a competition in which
people will try to break
the world cockroach-eating
record.
Theme park operator Six Flags Inc., based in
New York, is staging the contest as part of a
promotion leading up to Halloween in which it
is also offering customers free entry or
line-jumping advantages if they eat a live
Madagascar hissing cockroach.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
said it had been flooded with calls from children,
adults and even anonymous employees of
Six Flags opposing the record-breaking contest
and the overall promotion.
Competitors will try to break the current world
record, which is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire,
England, who devoured 36 Madagascar hissing
cockroaches in one minute in 2001.
Taylor dismissed any health concerns, saying the
cockroaches were raised in a sterile environment
and were as safe to eat as shrimp or lobster with
high nutritional value.Madagascar hissing cockroaches
are large, wingless cockroaches that can grow to between
1.5 to 3 inches .
2 comments:
that's wrong on so many levels
I'm hungry
but they're self saucing, and that's just plain convenient
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