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Should Lidl sell reindeer meat?

Friday, 9 December 2011

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Lidl has caused controversy by selling reindeer meat in the run up to Christmas. But are they doing anything wrong? 

Make sure you read the full article by clicking on the link above (so that you can give a balanced argument) then let us know what you think, and why. 



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fnewsfan voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 4 February 2012

Comments: You can't do that. I can see your point Angus1 but these creatures are more rare and they were,as I remember, once on the verge of becoming extinct!

frejahelen voted for Yes (please say why) on Monday 23 January 2012

Comments: people might think its santers randers and its mean

Lambgirl34 voted for Yes (please say why) on Sunday 22 January 2012

Comments: So cruel I can't really think of anything worse.

Havoc voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 21 January 2012

Comments: reindeer are special

Angus1 voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 18 January 2012

Comments: It's not as if they have more right to live than cows, or sheep, or chicken, or fish, or geese, or turkey, or ox tongue, or pigs, or anything... I get how it might spoil Christmas a bit, but I figure if u don't want it, don't buy it. Just don't kill any with red noses...:-)

awesome83 voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 11 January 2012

Comments: A er B why would anyone eat meat from lidl it's all processed

colldude16 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 8 January 2012

Comments: because there quite endangered

froggymad voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 7 January 2012

Comments: ITS HORRIBLE! YOURE KILLING RUDOLPH!

Al-Fayad voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 21 December 2011

Comments: Never tasted reindeer meat.

bloop714 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 11 December 2011

Snowball9 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 11 December 2011

Comments: It is UTTERLY cruel so NO WAY !!!!

Bunnycat voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 11 December 2011

Comments: eating a reindeer is no different to eating a cow, so long as it has been treated fairly and has had a good life.

figfog2 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 11 December 2011

Comments: I think that it's just not right to sell reindeers meat as they are part of Christmas!! We don't need another type of meat!! I think we should just stay with the traditional meat of turkey!

Chewits voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 10 December 2011

Reavsie voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 10 December 2011

Comments: i dont see why we can eat other animals if we cant eat reindeer. just because they are cute

AquaPuppy voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 10 December 2011

Comments: Reindeer are much rarer than cows and pigs, and besides, who's going to deliver presents?

Izzwizz555 voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 10 December 2011

Defoe voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 10 December 2011

honeyjake voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

shoeless27 voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: We eat lamb, cow, pig and LOTS more meat so y not reindeer; but then reindeer r beautiful and we don't want them to become extinct.

crslater voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Debategirl voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: Lidl is being in this case quite selfish for reindeer meat I expect is expensive because it is rare. Also on many Christmas cards are reindeer, it would not be pleasant to have a dead reindeer on it. Think!

Lilcharlie voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

porpoise8 voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: It ruins festive spirit

Millz8 voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: It's sort-of half and half. Eating reindeer is o.k but selling it in the run up to Christmas spoils the magic

jakamaka12 voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: they sell chicken, lamb, turky,pork,bacon,sasages ,mince ect why not raindeer ??????????????

zappy555 voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

fly_girl voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: Definitely not!!! we kill enough animals as it is, we don't need to start eating beautiful reindeers too.

Antonia voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

jlsfan3 voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: because its just like any other meat.

turtlebiff voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: Is it legal to hunt reindeer?

kicky105 voted for No (please say why) on Friday 9 December 2011

Comments: I am half and half - I think it's wrong because I think eating any meat is wrong - but what is the difference between cows and reindeers.

smudge50 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 26 March 2011

Comments: what have they done wrong all they do is deliver presents

alicianpig voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 12 March 2011

Comments: it's just like any other meat. unless it's clever like a monkey or endangered ofr a meat eater, reindeer is no worse than eating, say, chicken. saying it's bad is very narrow minded. it's like when people say it's barbaric that some people eat horses. it's just a cultural thing,not some moral thing

SuperSuze voted for Yes (please say why) on Thursday 24 February 2011

Comments: What's the difference between a reindeer and a cow?

Chezzy voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 12 February 2011

Comments: animals should have the right to not feel like they are going to get shot or die whenever they are near a human

BrianSmit voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 29 January 2011

Comments: What makes it different to beef? So what if they're cute? So we should only eat ugly animals?

Pops voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 15 January 2011

Comments: endangered animal

Tabbycat16 voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 11 January 2011

Comments: Because they are a crictally endangered species

iqra80842 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 9 January 2011

Comments: no one has reindeer meat

Kialouise voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 8 January 2011

Comments: No because there are not many!

Glow20 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 8 January 2011

Comments: Poor animals are exploited far too much in order to satify human greed!

pumpkin200 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 6 January 2011

Comments: i am a vegetarian!

buzz1197 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 6 January 2011

Comments: that so disGUSTNG AND cruel?Q!Q!!!!!!!

tatty21 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 6 January 2011

Comments: santas sleigh wouldnt be able to ride and its CRUEL!!

wallaby voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 5 January 2011

Comments: little children would be so upset at the thought of rudolf ( or any of "santas" reindeer)being buthchered and eaten and like hi1567077 said there rare and sneezylcb. ITS JUS HORRIBLE!!!!

hi1567077 voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 5 January 2011

Comments: I agree with vampire. I do not eat any meat but reindeer are rare creatures they shouldn't eat or sell them!

vampire voted for Yes (please say why) on Tuesday 4 January 2011

Comments: THEY SHOULD NOT BE EATEN DO NOT WE KILL ENOUGH ANIMALS AND ALSO I AGREE SNEZEYLCB

PeaceLove voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 31 December 2010

Comments: People eat Chicken, Sheep and Turkey so why not Reindeer?!

shazhaz456 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 30 December 2010

Christy007 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 30 December 2010

Comments: So unfair for reindeer!

Chair39884 voted for Yes (please say why) on Thursday 30 December 2010

sneezylcb voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 29 December 2010

Comments: I think innocent reindeer should not be hunted and eaten. Why do we need even MORE meat than we have already? I think turkey, chicken and lamb is quite enough at Christmas, let alone reindeer. These beautiful animals should be left alone. Also, what will small children think when they see the animal they believe to be magic laying on a supermarket shelf?

lizagaga voted for Yes (please say why) on Tuesday 28 December 2010

Comments: Its wrong because imagine if humans were sold in stores. REINDEERS ARE CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rainbow23 voted for Yes (please say why) on Sunday 26 December 2010

Comments: cos little kids will think that santa's reindeers are dead

monkey2000 voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 24 December 2010

canadawolf voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 23 December 2010

Jenny101 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 23 December 2010

Comments: cows and sheep get eaten whats so different about reindeer???

iamrandom voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 22 December 2010

Comments: Eating meat is something humans have been doing for millions of years. The natural order of things is that animals eat each other. But, I agree eating reindeer is just not right.They are peaceful animals and do not deserve to be eaten.

divefan voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 21 December 2010

Comments: as long as their not trying to suggest its better than turkey, that would be wrong! I LOVE TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pingu voted for Yes (please say why) on Tuesday 21 December 2010

Comments: they shouldent kill reindeer

caveman voted for No (please say why) on Monday 20 December 2010

Comments: It's horrible!

kitty106 voted for No (please say why) on Monday 20 December 2010

Comments: its cruel

miz voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 18 December 2010

Comments: Because then you could give some to Santa for the reindeer!

cool01 voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 18 December 2010

Comments: It can't matter really .all meat is fine

scoopy voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 18 December 2010

myworld123 voted for No (please say why) on Friday 17 December 2010

Comments: it would be very sad to see the look on the little one's faces cause they absouletly adore reiders

purplefizz voted for No (please say why) on Friday 17 December 2010

Comments: Reindeer are too beautiful to kill and sell there meet!!!

birmingham voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 17 December 2010

Comments: reindeers don't =christmas its the spirit

bacon2000 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 16 December 2010

Comments: No because its offensive to santas reindeers

MARIO7 voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 15 December 2010

Comments: because if they do there will be no more christmas its just wrong

magickit voted for Yes (please say why) on Sunday 12 December 2010

Comments: This sounds really cool! I never knew they did. They are animals, like cows, but this is something new and unique instead of turkey!

joe14 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 11 December 2010

Comments: its horrible

nature_nad voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 11 December 2010

Comments: I think it's horrible that people kill cows or chickens to eat. I'm a vegetarian and I'm fine - so don't go saying you're not healthy without meat. And REINDEER meat?!?! That's just terrible. Reindeer are wild, peaceful animals and don't deserve to end up in supermarkets. :'(

stedwards voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 11 December 2010

vigogirl voted for No (please say why) on Friday 10 December 2010

Comments: there go estinked

disneyluv voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 9 December 2010

Comments: no way not when its coming up to christmas when little kids find out they are eating a reindeer they'll be so sad as they will think that one of santa wont be able to come as he has no reindeers !!!

sushi voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 9 December 2010

australia voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 4 December 2010

Comments: its wrong

gem1701 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 4 December 2010

Comments: it is meen

star1999 voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 3 December 2010

sarah9157 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 2 December 2010

Comments: If you went to a place were you can see them you could be eating them them the next day And you could be eating 'Rudolf'

Lukozade voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 1 December 2010

Comments: I love eating meat, and reindeer would be a good, if strange, thing to eat!

Lizziexxx voted for Yes (please say why) on Monday 29 November 2010

Comments: They r oding something VERY wrong. I absoloutley hate the fact that ppl r killing animals

xXBeefyXx voted for Yes (please say why) on Sunday 28 November 2010

Comments: people yes means they r doing sumfink rong!! no means they aren't read da question!! also i think that if we start eating them, they'll become extinct coz the population of reindeer is less than that of cows or chicken yayyyy xx

OrangeGirl voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 28 November 2010

Comments: No! Killing reindeer is horrible as killing any other animal is. (I'm vegitarian).

bubbles123 voted for Yes (please say why) on Sunday 28 November 2010

Comments: it gives everyone a chance to try something new and eat something they wouldn't normally eat. I don't understand what is wrong with it. In norway they have a special season to hunt reindeer and then they eat them.

HunBun-x voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 27 November 2010

Comments: I think it should only be sold in countries with reindeer, but I think reindeer and kangaroo meat should replace cow meat.

liljen2001 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 27 November 2010

Comments: Because it is coming up to x mas and people love reindeer and that will dampen their x mas spirits

mabli voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 27 November 2010

Comments: because i like lidls.

Plewsey voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 27 November 2010

Comments: because iti cruel

cyrilcat voted for No (please say why) on Friday 26 November 2010

Comments: its sick and grose and just plain wrong

edisg voted for Yes (please say why) on Thursday 25 November 2010

Comments: Because they are not forcing anyone to eat it; they are selling it only if people want to buy it.

amidala676 voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 25 November 2010

Comments: because that is cruel

miffy voted for No (please say why) on Thursday 25 November 2010

Comments: i think reindeermeatshould onlybesold in contries where hereis always reindeers .e.gfinland!!!

Nintate voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 24 November 2010

Comments: Because if you are eating reindeers on christmas you wouldn't be very happy!!!!

cloclo98 voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 24 November 2010

Comments: Because it would be cruel to children, to think that reindeers are being killed, when to them they are santas pets. It might ruin their christmas.

tallisimo voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 24 November 2010

Comments: reindeers are to cute, and will become extinct

kungfu12a voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 23 November 2010

Comments: It's perfectly fine in other countries, so why not here? At the end of the day, It's just meat!

KatCandy voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 23 November 2010

Comments: thats cruel!

Jadgers voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 23 November 2010

Comments: Killing animals is wrong and should be made illegal.

PurpleSun voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 23 November 2010

Comments: It's cruel!!!

yoyoparrot voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 23 November 2010

Comments: have they ever heard of christmas spirit? ok, we eat deer but to sell REINDEER meat at christmas is upsetting to many young children.

Dillys voted for No (please say why) on Monday 22 November 2010

Comments: I think that in some aspects this is wrong but just because it is reindeer meat and reindeers look cute as we are not used to eating them, if you are a meat-eater and eat chicken, fish or any other meaty products then, if you voted yes, you should stop eating meat alogether! We think about reindeer meat differently to chicken meat which is wrong as they are both types of meat

Whitcher voted for No (please say why) on Monday 22 November 2010

Comments: its killing them

AJM voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 21 November 2010

bibo voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 21 November 2010

Comments: its not fair on the reindeers

izzy11 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 21 November 2010

Comments: It is cruel to destroy these christmas animals that are furry and beautiful

mallow123 voted for No (please say why) on Sunday 21 November 2010

Comments: no, no-one should eat reindeer meat

looby99 voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

Sandy voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

lizziew voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

Comments: Fine if hey really want to but i wouldnt buy it, that's weird. But i'm sure they would make money out of it.

cbborfmm voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

Comments: I don't see why not. It's probably no different to venison (deer meat) which is really nice. Also, reindeer are free range, and people in Scandinavia have been eating reindeer for centuries. What's the problem?

moomoo4321 voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

pineapple4 voted for Yes (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

Comments: CRUEL!

lulubellah voted for No (please say why) on Saturday 20 November 2010

Comments: i think it is cruel

dablob voted for Yes (please say why) on Friday 19 November 2010

Comments: YUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! How disgusting is that!!! However it is no different than us eating bacon, beef or sausages. I think that Lidl are doing themselves a great disfavour as no-one will buy it.

clarerose6 voted for Yes (please say why) on Thursday 18 November 2010

Comments: They are doing wrong because it could upset some children

smokeyice voted for Yes (please say why) on Thursday 18 November 2010

hannahjs voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 17 November 2010

Comments: thats mean.a little child "whats for cxhristmas dinner?" "Reindeer" "What rudolf"the kid runs out crying

iomanxie voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 17 November 2010

Comments: because lately there has been loads of animals becoming exstinct and riendeers might die out

zigster voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 17 November 2010

Comments: Maybe in countries where it is a delicacy and you can get it anyway but when we already have enough meat anyway in our country we shouldn't be allowed to buy even more. It is a waste and we don't want it anyway!

bashbob voted for Yes (please say why) on Wednesday 17 November 2010

Comments: They are doing nothing wrong, it's just like deer and no-one complains about that, I do think they shouldn't just sell it at Christmas though

expressbjs voted for No (please say why) on Wednesday 17 November 2010

Comments: How Wrong Is That? What Will Other Children Think Of This? "Mummy, Whats That?" "It's Reindeer Meat" Imagine That!

bluepig voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 16 November 2010

Comments: its cruel

bigal voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 16 November 2010

Comments: Its wrong

gummybear voted for Yes (please say why) on Tuesday 16 November 2010

lulu660 voted for No (please say why) on Tuesday 16 November 2010

Comments: That is too cruel

6beth6 voted for No (please say why) on Monday 15 November 2010

Comments: 1. It would taste horrible. 2. They are not very common as it is. 3. Really? Who would buy it?? 4. "Reindeer meat". Sounds horrible.

benj voted for Yes (please say why) on Monday 15 November 2010

Comments: reinders are very rare.

nwilliams voted for Yes (please say why) on Monday 15 November 2010

Comments: People eat it in other countries - the animals are free range. It's either the same or less cruel than eating beef. I've eaten it in Sweden.

She-Wolf voted for No (please say why) on Monday 15 November 2010

Comments: because it is wrong and cruel

redhorse10 voted for No (please say why) on Monday 15 November 2010

Comments: Noo way YUCK!