Czimer Family Business

13136 West 159th Street

Homer Glen Illinois 60491

To whom it may concern,

I am writing in response to the types of game you offer for sale. Your selection
of flesh is extremely disturbing to many.
Let's start from the top of your list and move on to the end.
Lion meat, I hope you are aware that lions are vulnerable. There may be no more
lions in our lifetime. Is this what you feel is something we need to eat? There
is no such thing as a "farm raised" lion. Your company is part of a global probl
em and not a solution. Where exactly do you aquire your meat?
Alpaca, the meat can indeed be eaten. The alpaca has an increasingly small gene
pool though, so it is not likely you should ever eat it. Alpacas are prized for
their wool, and are not considered a meat animal. So, once again you are selling
the flesh of an animal you will not see on the legal market. I would rather see
their beautiful wool, oh that's right you only slaughter.
Alligator, some things you not have bothered to think of when deciding to sell t
his flesh. Once hunted for their hides, alligators today are threatened mainly b
y habitat loss and encounters with people. They are hunted for their skin (for l
eather goods) and for their meat. Before hunting was controlled in 1970, an esti
mated 10 million alligators were killed for their skins. They are currently clas
sified as a threatened species.
Antelope, I can't say much about this flesh because it appears to be farm raised
or what they like to call "free range" in some areas of this country. It is sim
ply not something one needs to consume to live.
Black Bear, this one makes me ill. You might want to check the Troy Gentry page
for his experience with the killing of a bear. These bears are not yet listed as
threatened yet you seem it would be a good thing to sell it. Maybe with your ef
forts they will become threatened.
American Bison, the U.S. wild bison population today is less than one percent of
what it was in pre-colonial times, hovering at around 20,000 animals. North Ame
rica is home to only five free-ranging plains bison herds and eight wood bison h
erds. A handful of factors have inhibited more robust bison population growth. P
erhaps most influential is the sheer lack of space. Bison are prairie grazers, a
nd much of their native land has been developed. Because the existing bison herd
s have remained relatively small, that has also diminished the diversity of the
bison gene pool. Once that happens, inbreeding can increase the rate of health p
roblems in a herd. By the way, a Buffalo is a different animal altogether which
you should know since you seem to enjoy selling the meat. Granted, commercial bi
son are raised in order to be killed later, so it doesn't exactly constitute a r
esurgence in pure conservationist terms. Nevertheless, it has raised the profile
of the bison and triggered a newfound appreciation for the animal.
Camel, I am not totally sure which variety of camel you sell but here are some f
acts for you to think about. The Bactrian camel is critically endangered. Over t
he next three generations, the population will likely fall by 80% of the current
population. Bactrian camels were listed as Vulnerable from 1986 until 1994. The
y moved up on the list to Endangered in 1996, and in 2002, they were once again
promoted, this time to Critically Endangered status.
The species is shrinking in population largely due to hunting by humans. They ar
e being affected by human industrial development in their native areas. Camels a
re being preyed on by wild wolves and are not mating quickly enough to regenerat
e population numbers. For some reason I question the need for you to even think
of selling this meat!
Goat, this meat is eaten mostly by ethnic groups. Do you go and pick them out yo
urself? Do you decide who lives and dies? This makes one ill.
Kangaroo, Raw meat can never travel internationally, even when frozen. You shoul
d never pack frozen meat, or any raw meat in a suitcase... it will leak, and dam
age the other things carried in the suitcase, it will be a mess. Even if you han
d carry it, it won't pass customs, and it shouldn't. That leaves one to question
where you get this. With all the flooding and problems in Australia this should
be stopped now. Kangaroos are not something to kill for the sake of killing.
Llama, I can't say a lot on this one. It appears it is legal here in the USA. Wh
at exactly is your deal with eating and butchering everything that walks, breath
es and shares our planet?
Venison, A very large number of animals are wounded, but not killed by hunters.
These animals have to suffer prolonged and painful deaths. One especially cruel
hunting method is bowhunting. A member of the Maine Bowhunters Alliance estimate
s that 50% of animals who are shot with crossbows are wounded but not killed. A
British study of deer hunting found that 11% of deer who had been killed by hunt
ers died only after being shot two or more times and that some wounded deer suff
ered for more than 15 minutes before dying. How would you feel to die a slow pai
nful death?
Wild Boar, yet again a sad case on this mammal. You just seem to like to sell ju
st about anything. I am getting more disgusted with your company as I write this
. It will not go with out notice.
Yak, cetainly not the least of your horrors. These animals are allowed to be imp
orted which leads me to the question I asked before. Why do you think you have t
he right to slaughter so many?
In closing, let me advise you that the world and our country is now watching you
. You are the worst of the worst. The world is changing and we will no longer st
and for your cruelty. Our planet is in serious trouble and you are part of the p
roblem.