First Course, Dessert and Selfi with a Lion: Is the Restaurant in China the Height of Instrumentalized Animals?

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A few days ago, an animal fire broke out on the Internet. It all started when photographs and videos of the customers of the Wanhui restaurant, in the Chinese city of Taiyuan, located in Shanxi province, in the north of the country began to circulate. In the snapshots, which circulated on platforms like WeChat and Weibo, diners embrace lion cubs as part of the gastronomic experience offered by the establishment. For a fixed price of 1,078 yuan (…

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A restaurant in the city of Taiyuan, in northern China, offers its customers a service as exclusive as it is controversial: embrace lion cubs. All this has caused the establishment to be in the midst of criticism. International media reviewed the offers of this controversial restaurant. For the payment of 1,078 yuan ($150), customers will be able to drink tea accompanied with four dishes and have direct contact with puppies. The restaurant has b…