AR-News: (China) Cook named "green chef" for refusing to cook rare wildlife for years

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/20/content_1430590.htm 


China View


www.chinaview.cn 2004-04-20 18:49:37

    SHENYANG, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- A young chef in Huludao city, northeast 
China's Liaoning province, was conferred an honorary title of "green chef" 
Tuesday by China Wildlife Conservation Association for his persistence in 
rejecting cooking wildlife. 
    During the past eight years, Zhang Xingguo, 32, who has worked as a chef 
for 13 years, was fired 12 times by owners of restaurants and hotels, for 
refusing to cook rare wildlife such as hedgehogs and pangolins. 
    In 2003, he initiated his own plan to visit nearly all local restaurants 
and petition chefs face-to-face to reject cooking wildlife. 
    Li Yuming, deputy secretary-general of the association said that Zhang 
has set a good example for other chefs to follow to do their part in wildlife 
protection, as well as the public to increase awareness in this regard. Enditem 




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