What's Wrong With The Danes?

A zoo in Denmark is asking for donations of small pets as food for its predators. 

Good grief, we stopped this nonsense back in  the 18th century!

The Aalborg zoo said it is trying to mimic the natural food chain of the animals housed there "for the sake of both animal welfare and professional integrity" and offers assurances the pets will be "gently euthanized" by trained staff. The zoo in northern Denmark explained in a Facebook post that "if you have a healthy animal that needs to be given away for various reasons, feel free to donate it to us." The zoo points to guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens as possible donations. After being euthanized, the animals will be used as fodder, the zoo said.

How will they be euthanised? No journaliist appears to have asked that question? Most modern methods - as I pointed out at Tim's -  that people would expect would render the carcasses inedible due to the chemicals used. So the 'gentle euthanasia' the zoo promises is a lie. Oh, if only we had journalists who were capable of more than just regurgitating press releases...

And what pet owner wouldn't be present when their pet is euthanised? 

H/T : Blinky via Twitter