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Restaurant gets bomb threat for World Cup lion burgers

12 April 2012

An Arizona restaurant has been sent a bomb threat for serving lion burgers to mark the World Cup.

Il Vinaio said it wanted to give customers a South African experience during the tournament, but faced protests from animal lovers.

It ordered 10lb of meat from a free-range lion farm in Illinois. The restaurant mixes it with ground beef - and says it is serving 15 burgers a day.

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