Man eats dog to protest British royals
Artist eats corgi to protest British royals’ fox hunt; Yoko Ono also tastes it
Reuters
Updated: 11:17 a.m. ET May 30, 2007

LONDON - A British artist has eaten chunks of a corgi dog, the breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II, live on radio to protest the royal family's treatment of animals.

Mark McGowan, 37, said he ate "about three bites" of the dog meat, cooked with apples, onions and seasoning, to highlight what he called Prince Philip's mistreatment of a fox during a hunt by the queen's husband in January.

"It was pretty disgusting," McGowan said of the meal, which he ate while appearing on a London radio station Tuesday. Yoko Ono, another guest on the show, also tried the meat.

"I've never tasted anything like it — it was gray and had a very funny smell. It was horrible," McGowan told Reuters.

Queen favors corgis
McGowan said he was angry that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which the royal family is a patron, had not prosecuted Prince Philip for hunting and killing the fox. The RSPCA said the fox did not suffer.

Corgis are the favored dogs of the queen, who has owned more than 30 of them during her reign.

The dog died of natural causes at a corgi breeder and was prepared and cooked by others for McGowan.

McGowan is well known for his outlandish performance stunts. He ate a swan in another protest against the queen. Swans are protected by the monarchy.

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My mother almost ate dog in Korea. Stay away from the Spring Stew.

We eat dog every sunday in China. It nice with ketchup. haha

animals are animals

eat or dont eat.

You like to munch on human?

as long as they don't have very defined or bulky muscles.

i mean don't get me wrong...eating a bunch of fat isn't good either, but that's a given

animal, not rational animal

If we were to eat humans, Russians would taste the worst, metalic actually. Because of all the pollution over there I suppose.

But vodka makes a great marinade....

People eat bad-tasting animals for a reason. How else are they going to get protein? We'd be doing it too if we didn't have meat and poultry industries.

China's Industrial sector?

This story would be better if they were eating royals.

Ladies & Gentlemen, NEVER eat an animal that has died of natural causes.

Of course the meat was grey and tasted horrible. Idiot.

for a second i thought the title read 'yoko ono eats her own young, someone helps'