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說起漁民新村酒家,不得不提去年底發生的一件轟動澳洲上下的事件,去年10月底,有一名澳洲遊客發現他們的「國寶」樹熊在廣州被虐(紅燒及清蒸)，不但拍下照片，而且傳回澳洲的電台，引發澳洲各媒體齊聲嘩言。想象一下:如果外國鬼子把中國熊貓殺了,做成熊貓漢堡包,那中國的反應會如何?

(一) 10月31日,報道被全澳主流媒體爭相轉載,11月1日一大早,有朋友從中國打電話來問,這事件中的澳洲人是否是我10月中旬一起去廣州公差的那位同事,我趕忙回公司問那洋鬼子同事,那同事連聲說:"No....No!",我又問他,當日在該餐館見到的到底是不是樹熊,他十分自信地說"Yes!"

October 31, 2011

An Australian traveller says he was horrified to find a live koala for sale at a restaurant in southern China where the menu was offering the iconic marsupial for dinner in either "braised or stewed" varieties.

A sign on the cage holding the animal advertised "koalas" for purchase at a rate of 139 yuan ($A20) for 500 grams.

It was one of a number of live exotic animals, including birds and fish, on display at the restaurant in Panyu district, Guangdong.

The traveller, who visited the area last week, got down on his hands and knees and snapped a photograph of the caged animal, which was lying next to a carrot.

The man's colleague told radio 3AW he was stunned to be given the option of eating the cuddly creature.

"It's 100 per cent right, that photo," the caller said today.

"There's a carrot in the cage, the idiots have put a carrot in there.

"The restaurant had a large selection of birds, fish and other sorts of exotic animals on display that the diner could chose from for their gastronomic delight."

A later caller suggested that animal was an Asian "tree bear" of some variety, but the traveller who took the photograph said he was convinced it was a koala.

It prompted a call from Melbourne businessman Geoff Balsillie, who was similarly disturbed recently to find live caged animals for sale in a restaurant in an area neighbouring Panyu in southern China.

"I was taken to a restaurant for lunch by my host ... and after the lunch I went to check the plumbing and found all of these cages with all these animals, so I took a few photos," he told radio 3AW.

"There was an egret, a marmot, some water fowl and a few others. I'm not sure whether they were on the menu. There were signs on the cages with numbers on them, telling you how much they were. I don't know whether that was for a gram or for the whole beast, but they were obviously for sale. There was also the fish and snakes and the turtles and all the other things that they normally eat as well, but these animals were the ones that sort of got to me."

Mr Balsillie complained to his Chinese host, who tipped off police and the restaurant was soon raided, he said.

"They released the animals and she [his host] said she didn't win any friends," Mr Balsillie said.

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