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
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Top comment at the ‘Telegraph’:
“I was thinking of Pure Cremation for me and the wife but now you come to mention it….’
Natural food chain? Guinea pigs aren't part of African predator's natural food chain, maybe give them some antelopes or whatever, they must have a few. As for natural, what about shoving Wally the weasel and Gulliver guinea pig into the enclosure so that the predators can naturally chase them down and feed on the still twitching carcasses. Now what an attraction that would be for paying customers!
There must be a few paedophiles, child molestors, and murderers in the prison system they could do without. Feeding predators to predators seems like a fair deal.
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