Many thanks to all those who replied to my cat butchery query.
Looks like they were consumed far more than I had imagined!
Interesting stuff.
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Elisabeth Schmid in Atlas of Animal Bones 1972, pg 36, states:
Among the numerous hare bones, the quantity of footbones is
remarkable....As is the case today, already in Roman times hares
were sold without fur, but with the fur still on their paws.
This was done to avoid deception with cats (in Germany and
Switzerland known as 'roof hare'). Before roasting the paws were
cut off and thrown away.
The practice of eating cat must have been fairly common, even
if the purchaser did not know it!
Peta.
On 13/07/2018 14:49, Julia Cussans
wrote:
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Hello All,
Does anyone know of any examples of butchered cat scapulae?
Any references, images, thoughts welcome. My instincts tell me
that this is an unlikely occurrence given that the main reason
for finding butchery marks on cat bones would be as a result
of skinning and that scapulae would be unlikely to be
affected, but I just thought I'd ask.
Many thanks,
Julia
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