N Korea puts giant rabbit on the menu
German überbunnies à la Kim Jong Il
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 15th January 2007 13:08 GMT
Starving North Koreans could soon be enjoying steaming platters of
giant rabbit - thanks to German pensioner Karl Szmolinsky who
recently sold 12 of the überbunnies to the nosh-strapped Communist
state.
Szmolinsky was aproached by the North Korean embassy in Berlin
after "attracting attention for breeding his country's largest
rabbit", the Telegraph reports. Officials travelled to Eberswalde
to see Robert the 23lb Germany Gray Giant for themselves. They
offered Szmolinsky a supply contract on the spot, and stumped up
£60 a pop for eight females and four males which were subsequently
shipped to North Korea.
Szmolinsky explained: "They want to boost meat production. They've
arranged for me to go to Pyongyang in April to advise them on
setting up a breeding farm."
According to the Telegraph, one Gray Giant provides up to 15lb of
meat. The paper does, however, spot one potentially fatal flaw in
the plan: since the monster rabbits are "voracious eaters", just
where will the Pyongyang authorities find the food necessary to
fatten them for the pot?
