‘Disgusting’: police in China investigate influencer accused of cooking then eating protected great white shark on live-stream
- The influencer, named Tizi, denied the claim and said she is “looking for a lawyer”
- The woman has millions of followers on China’s two most popular live-streaming apps
Police in southwest China are investigating a popular Chinese food vlogger who has come under fire for cooking and eating a shark believed to be an endangered species in her latest video.
The woman, from Sichuan province, which is famous for its spicy food, attracted her fans because of her sweet look but bold food choices, such as crocodiles and ostriches.
Tizi denied she was eating an endangered species after some viewers noted that it looked like a great white shark.
“I bought it legally and I am looking for a lawyer. These people were talking nonsense,” she responded to Sichuan local news app Red Star News on Thursday.
She always cooks rarely-eaten animals in a massive wok with a large amount of spices and cooking oil.
In the latest controversial video, she ate the roasted tail of the shark covered with pepper while exclaiming, “This is so yummy!”