This is better than euthanizing them and just throwing the bodies away or burning them. These animals are predators and need to eat meat. The headline makes it sound like they’re feeding dogs and cats to them, but the article only mentions small livestock/pets like chickens, rabbits, and guinea pigs.
Ideally you wouldn’t need to euthanize any at all, but if nobody steps up to take them there aren’t a lot of options that aren’t also cruel (like overcrowding them).
The headline makes it sound like they’re feeding dogs and cats to them
oh thank god they're not feeding them important animals! just the ones whose lives don't matter.
Why not sell it as an amusement ride for visiting Americans wearing MAGA caps?
See the animals up close. Step right inside the cage!
They don’t want to poison the animals by feeding them trash.
fuck Aalborg Zoo, go to Givskud instead. You can see this cute wolf!
That's a good boy
That’s dark. But better than euthanasia, I guess?
Western Europe doesn't really have an issue with overpopulation and resulting kill shelters for cats and dogs. In fact, all of my friends with dogs have to import them from Eastern Europe. So, I really hope they're not getting cats and dogs donated to them...
But, they also explicitly say "chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs." Not sure how many these unwanted pets there are that it will feed their animals much...
But it also seems like this article suggests this zoo has a history of unnecessary euthanization of zoo animals and feeding to other animals...
They euthanise them first, they don’t just chuck them in.
"Viggo, get the euthanasia stick"
How would it be better?
In my country (USA) people abandon unwanted animals outdoors. A heavily domesticated (as in raised from birth with people) animal is pretty likely to die if they're left in the middle of nowhere, which this country has in abundance.
You never know, some of the pets might have a vore fetish.
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