Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators
Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators
The zoo said it accepts donated rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., but no more than four at a time. It also accepts horses for feeding its animals, which it says on its website are euthanized by a zookeeper and a veterinarian.
Gotta eat. Hell, humans eat half those animals too.
Guinea pigs got domesticated for food, and are still a common dish in South America. I am pretty sure rabbits got bred for food as well in Europe
I've had rabbit a few times in Germany. Quite lean but not bad at all. It's not that common these days, you can easily avoid it but it's not hard to find either. There are many hobbyist breeders who sell their rabbits either alive or butchered. I think it's more common in Eastern Germany though because a lot of people there used to keep rabbits back when meat was rare and traded them with the government.
in europe? everywhere. Watch roger and me, micheal moores original documentary, and see a lady skinning them.
Fine. Who the fuck is eating chickens? Like the birds!?
euthanized by a zookeeper
I gotta ask how. Usual protocol is benzo/barbiturate overdose followed by potassium chloride shot. But the benzos/barbiturates are contraindicated for the fact that they're feeding them to other animals and potassium alone is torture even if eating something killed by it is fine. That generally leaves stunner and exsanguiation or shooting them.
Bolt gun and exsanguination is pretty common in abattoirs, right? I'd guess it's probably the same here
For chickens you can shove them into a modified construction cone and then cut off their head
half? which ones do you think we don't eat?
They probably didn't know guinea pigs were domesticated for food, and neglected horses
I like this. Maybe it sounds bad but when I was a kid a neighbor paid me to kill all his chickens after a hurricane because it was hot and their chicken house was gone. I would have much rather he drove them to the zoo to be fed to the animals there.
Growing up on a farm we killed, plucked and processed a few hundred chickens each year. Kept us and several families in town fed with good quality meat over the winter.
It's not a bad thing to be that close to your own food production.
For one thing, you were probably really sure to keep the meat from being contaminated with animal feces, or from eating obviously sick animals.
These were laying hens though. They would have been better off as zoo food than put in my freezer as crab bait. I don't think it's bad to be close to food production. I'm a farmer.
I'll go ahead and add "Eaten by apex predator" to the list of insane hamster deaths.
I'd like to subscribe to your "Insane Hamster Deaths" newsletter.
I'm just morbidly curious about what sort of situations the little guys might find themselves in.
Might also ask yourself how OP has been conveniently present for so many hamster deaths...
Wow, I didn't think there would be so many crazy psychos in the comments.
I can get that people might not feel as much empathy with animals than humans (get, not approve) but most of the comments are kitten-drowning level.
You get a pet, which is supposed to be a companion and basically part of your family, and you don't mind them being torn to shreds?
Okay then, I guess if your kid has a terminal cancer we can also feed him to the tiger? After all in the end it's just a bunch of meat.
I dunno if they're psychos, exactly, I'm mostly seeing interesting takes, like the chicken coop that blew away or the fisherman. Varying degrees of "how close are you to this animal," especially since critters like mice could be a lovely pet or food for an equally lovely snake.
But yeah, couple people don't turn off their dark humor either, but that's just the internet. I don't mind it, I imagine only 1% are actually psychopaths (which is iirc the statistical average, except in business where it's 4%. And I guess politics, now).
Then again, my instance blocks certain other instances, too. Lol
Not my kid, but if I'm terminal I'm gonna add "killed by some food-safe means and then fed to tigers in front of zoo patrons" to my potential death plans.
"The funeral will be at the civic building at 10am, and the viewing at 12:00 by the tiger sanctuary in Edgewater Zoo"
Yeah some of these comments were just disgusting. Do better Lemmy
I'll agree that it's weird to say the least that they're askit for pets, pets should be worth more than just their money.
Having said that, predators need food too. Predators aren't evil, they just evolved to eat other animals, it's what they do, it's what they've done for a billion years or so.
I think Denmark should fund zoos better
Not gonna lie, I'm borderline getting used to extremism and antisocial behaviour on lemmy. This place feels like 4chan that hates 4chan. The wake-up call for me was when I was arguing against killing everyone on earth because of how shitty the people are, saying that some of us very much enjoy the life. Got downvoted.
I've also seen several calls for genocide against Jews. Pretty ironic for a platform that so loudly hates the current genocide.
I’ve also seen several calls for genocide against Jews. Pretty ironic for a platform that so loudly hates the current genocide.
Suggesting that the Palestinian side isn't an angel either and the Israelis are assholes too, will get you labelled as the world's most devout othrodox Jewish Zionist to the level of Theodore Hertzl himself.
What did you expect from the platform that was created because reddit banned extremists? Fewer extremists than the place that banned them? Why?
These animals’ food has to come from somewhere. Interesting that they’re trying to source locally…
Perhaps it sounds a bit less ghoulish in the original Danish.
Still sounds just as bad but then you have to wipe off the mashed-up pastry bits.
"Slyng 'lang øre' over til løven. Den skal jo også æde."
“Can we…can we watch? It’s just, Sprinkles, he’s…he’s a really bad dog. Dumb as a post, humps everything and everyone, snaps at you if you try to pet him. I’d really like to see a tiger just go to town on this awful, awful dog.”
I read in another article that the zoo will "gently euthanize" your pet but I have had a vet come out to my farm and caution me about using any animal euthanized with drugs as feed for anything else due to possible bad reactions or side effects. So what is the definition of "gentle" when talking about non-drug euthanasia?
"Let's go to zoo, grandma."
Maybe don't keep animals captive if you need to petition people bring their pets for food. Wtf. Zoos are a mistake.
What were the captives eating before?
Avocado toast
Im a fisherman in San Diego an often catch insane amounts of tuna. I mean a 150lb tuna is more than enough for me and friends with plenty of meat to spare.
But the zoo won't take any donations.
Sucks umthat I just have to freeze it all.
I'll gladly help you out with that uhhh problem you're having
Very serious btw I'm local
There is a big cat rescue a few hours from me that will take cattle/horse/farm animals for feed. They will also pickup fresh roadkill deer etc.
"Your kids don't love their pets anymore? Don't worry we can take care of that for you."
And remember, those donations can be written off in your taxes!
I mean...
It is deeply fucked up and anyone who gives the family pet to a lion should never be allowed to have pets OR children.
But a lot of people get small rodents or rabbits because they think they are just goldfish (which is a whole different level of animal abuse but...). And then they lose interest they just put it in the oubliette or "release it into the wild". So... cycle of life and all that is probably better? Same with horses. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a father like Trevor Moore who can teach them how to dispose of the body.
So yeah... I think I am okay with this? As fucked as it is?
I dont see any problem? I love my dog and i hope he wont die anytime soon. But what difference it does make if i pay 200€ to have him euthanased and cremated or have him euthnased and feed to the tiger for free?
I even asked from him and he seemed okay with it. Wagged his tail and everything.
Hell, i would gladly have my body fed to the tiger, rather than have some crook selling my family some 8000€ coffing that they see me in once.
I guess the key difference here is they specifically want healthy animals that might have otherwise been able to have been rehoused. So it’s not like when you have to put your dog down at the end if it’s life, it’s like if it had a couple good years left but you needed to move and couldn’t take him with you.
But they’re not taking dogs fwiw. Article just says chickens, rabbits, and guinea pigs. As well as maybe horses in the right circumstances.
I think it’d be pretty wild for anyone who eats meat themselves to criticize the practice of feeding a chicken to a lion. The vegans I can’t speak for but I think they would probably take issue way higher in the chain than this, such as keeping the predator animals in captivity for our amusement in the first place.
Either way I think it’s waaaaay overkill to suggest someone donating their pet rodent to a zoo shouldn’t be allowed to have children lol. The pet store you get them from feeds rodents to the snakes.
Hell, i would gladly have my body fed to the tiger, rather than have some crook selling my family some 8000€ coffing that they see me in once.
I think you're on to something. How about a tiger instead of the chair? I mean we could let the convict get a token weapon and do it in a way where people could observe it.
And btw coffins are a scam, somebody should set up a second hand coffin service. Your body gets roled away in a nice looking coffin, and off you go to the crematorium where you're dumped into the fire and the coffin goes on to the next deado.
You clearly haven't been to rual america
If you're a meat eater, you don't get to frown upon this. If you're a vegan/vegetarian, you're can frown all you want. It doesn't make any difference, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead.
yay!
:( unwanted pets :(
I'm frowning
Can't the prisons just donate some unwanted scum?