Strange delicacy

In Chukotka region the factory producing sausages from walrus has opened.

Year after year cattle stock decreases in Russia, that?s why meat-processing companies develop exotic animals processing business.

Over the last years our country has turned into the biggest importer of kangaroo meat. African ostrich meat is also in popular demand on the meat market.

On November 7 in Chukotka the first factory processing walrus, fur seal and seal meat has opened. The first product of the company was tinned stewed walrus meat. In the future it is planned to produce sausages, frankfurters and other products from Pinnipedia.

Two years ago the project of the factory was elaborated by the Chukotka Agricultural Department and "Chukotka Business-center". It cost 300thousand rubles to start business. According to experts the company will be repaid in four years. It should be noted that it will work only five months in a year due to seasonality of prey.

As the company officials informed they intend to import production. However first it is planned to develop business in Chukotka to define inhabitants` opinion and their taste.

Curiously earlier it was prohibited to eat walrus meat. It was supposed to be dangerous for non-inhabitants of Siberia.

sections: Society, Economics, Region News
regions: Siberian region