Scandal For Cooking Iguanas On A Show

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Animal defense groups reacted with outrage after a cooking show in El Salvador cooked iguanas in front of television cameras.

Several of the viewers were also stunned because they felt that the participants in the Top Chef El Salvador cooking competition were making a serious mistake. On the show, the chefs had to prepare striking dishes - or what CNN describes as exotic - with iguana meat.

What is the controversy? In El Salvador, the iguana is a species that is considered endangered and is covered by the Wildlife Conservation Law. In addition, CNN explains that the consumption of said animal is prohibited. However, in the Top Chef El Salvador program competition they did cook these animals. He even explains the note that the chefs had to clean the animal in front of the cameras, to then be able to create their dishes. This, as expected, provoked the reaction of those who saw it and turned to social networks to give their opinion on the matter.

Gina Salazar, the host of the program, said that the iguanas that were cooking on the television show had been purchased from a hatchery approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. However, CNN explains that before the complaints and the discussion on the subject on social networks, Lina Pohl, minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, explained on Facebook that she did not authorize the use of iguanas in that television program. In addition, an investigation was said to have been opened.