Karma: Billionaire dies from eating cat stew

New post on Fellowship of the Minds Karma: Billionaire dies from eating cat stew by Dr. Eowyn Workers Cats of the World Unite! A very wealthy man in that socialist paradise called the People's Republic of China -- a billionaire -- died from eating a dish of slow-boiled cat meat stew. The AP reports from Beijing, Jan 3, 2012, that Long Liyuan, 49, died on Dec. 23 in China's booming southeastern Guangdong province after sharing a dish of slow boiled cat meat stew, "a southern delicacy," with two men over a business lunch. One of the men, local official Huang Guang, was arrested by police on Friday on suspicion of poisoning the hotpot with a toxic herb, Gelsemium elegans. Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes and had met for lunch to discuss a business contract. Long, who ran a forestry company in Guangdong, wanted to lease a piece of woodland and develop it. All three men were sickened, but Long died because he consumed more of the cat stew -- and thus, more of the poisonous herb. The third man at the table, Huang Wen, a friend of Long's, was quoted by media as saying he had only eaten a little because it tasted "more bitter" than usual. Long, who ate more than the others, soon felt dizzy and sick and was taken to a hospital where he went into cardiac arrest and died. Police initially detained the restaurant's owner on suspicion of serving unsanitary food. But the businessman's family refused to believe it was a simple case of food poisoning, pressed the police to investigate further and offered a reward of 100,000 yuan ($16,000) for information about his death. Gelsemium Gelsemium elegans is a poisonous plant found in forests in parts of China. Gelsemium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to family Gelsemiaceae. Appropriately, G. elegans is nicknamed "heartbreak grass." ~Eowyn Dr. Eowyn | January 6, 2012 at 5:25 am | Tags: China, Gelsemium elegans, Guangdong province, heartbreak grass, Long Liyuan | Categories: Animals, Culture War, God's creation | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-bEV Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/karma-billionaire-dies-from-eating-cat-stew/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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