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Rat For Lunch

By LIFS September 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM
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The Bihar government is proposing to add rat meat to the menus of its state-run canteens.

 
"People in different parts of the world eat lizards and dogs. Why not rats?'' asks the state's tribal welfare minister, Jeetan Ram Manjhi.
Officials say rat meat is a source of cheap protein and its consumption is common among Musahars, a tribe who traditionally caught rats, and often served them with rice. 

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