Performance artist Mark McGowan has eaten what he claims was a cooked corgi in a protest over the Royal Family's treatment of animals.

McGowan performed the stunt on London radio station Resonance FM, and shared his meal with fellow guest Yoko Ono.

"To me it was, as an art piece, exhilarating," he said after the show.

The artist's protest concerned the alleged mistreatment of a fox during a hunt led by Prince Philip in January. The RSPCA said the fox did not suffer.

McGowan, who is a vegetarian, said he wanted his unusual meal to raise awareness about "the RSPCA's inability to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends".

"We love our animals in Britain. Why is it then that we then allow people - especially people who are supposed to be ambassadors for this country - to treat animals with such disrespect?"

The corgi, which died at a breeding farm, was minced and cooked with apple, onion and seasoning.

As he ate the meatballs, McGowan reported: "It's disgusting. It's really, really, really disgusting."

The radio show's presenter, Bob Smith, said he was not convinced the meat came from a dog.

But McGowan said: "It's stinky, it's white-looking, it's not like any meat I've ever seen."

Some animal rights activists approved of the stunt.

1] No genuine vegetarian would ever do such a thing for real

2] If claiming the dog was from a breeding farm, anyone with an ounce of care for animal rights would be getting the place shut down, not asking for one of their dead dogs to be minced.

3] Since when would the RSPCA say a hunted fox had`nt suffered if brutalised in the manner described [ I dont doubt subhumans kill them that way, of course they do, thats why they are subhuman imo, but I certainly doubt the RSPCA would say it was acceptable ]...

Sounds like a faked publicity stunt to me.