Others made threats via social media, while one man even came into the restaurant and took a swing at the general manager on Thursday, reported The Tampa Tribune.

This is not the first time U.S. restaurants and groceries have offered lion meat—legal for sale in the U.S.—nor is it the first time people have vented outrage over the offerings.

Earlier this year, an Illinois state representative tried to ban lion meat from his state.

Illinois Rep. Luis Arroyo's Lion Meat Act would make it "unlawful for any person to slaughter a lion or for any person to possess, breed, import or export from this State, buy, or sell lions for the