George Monbiot skins and eats roadkill squirrel on Newsnight – video

Environmentalist and Guardian writer George Monbiot butchers and cooks a squirrel on the BBC's Newsnight on Thursday. Monbiot, who lives in Powys, Wales, prompted fierce debate on social media after he revealed he had cooked and eaten a squirrel after finding it dead but still warm at the roadside. He decided to demonstrate the process in the Newsnight studio with presenter James O'Brien, to promote discussion about eating roadkill and the ethics of meat production

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