Crikey, all of the good work undertaken by the late Steve Irwin and his Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been undone by one staff member complaining about the meals being served at the nearby Caloundra Bowls Club.Terri Irwin's personal assistant reportedly complained about 2kg of crocodile meat being used by TAFE apprentices to cook up a few chicken and crocodile mornay pies as part of their training in preparing game meat.
By all accounts, it was a very tasty meal and well-received by the good folk of the Caloundra Bowls Club.
2 kilograms of crocodile meat is hardly going to be a threat to the species.
Now, it seems the environmental restaurant police from Australia Zoo are trying to tell Australians what they should or should not be eating.
If people want to devour kangaroo, emu or crocodile as part of their culinary experience, then it is no business of swell-headed staff from Australia Zoo.
They should stick to putting on trained animal performances for overseas visitors and stop sledging the people from the Caloundra Bowls Club and the hard-working apprentices who are only doing their job.
I suggest the TAFE apprentices prepare a nice round of desserts for the staff of Australia Zoo - big bowls of fresh raspberries which can be blown their way.
