Posted on 07/29/2007 3:40:59 PM PDT by DancesWithCats
A Swiss zoo has provoked public dismay by culling two endangered Namibian lion cubs because it did not have space for them.
In June, Basel Zoo proudly announced that a five-year-old lioness, imported from Namibia, had given birth to four cubs; three males and one female. However, last week the zoo decided to put two of the male cubs to sleep and feed their carcasses to other animals. It explained that the lion enclosure was not big enough for them and said it could not find another zoo to adopt them.Thomas Jermann, a curator, said that if the cubs had been put in the enclosure, they would have posed a threat to the leading male in the pride, who would have killed them. "In nature, most of the cubs die within the first year. This is normal," he said.
The zoo has kept one male and one female, but admits it will also have to find them a home. "We tried every zoo we could think of. Hopefully, it will be easier to find a home for two," said Mr Jermann.
He said it was normal to cull cubs and to feed them to other animals. "If there are animals you can feed them to, you feed them. It is the same as a farm, we are producers of meat, and we put the meat into the food chain," he said.
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Other than crocks not too many carnivores eat other carnivores..
Perhaps he fed them to the little lambs.
Amen to that!
Huh? First thing a male lion does, after taking over a pride of females, is eat all the cubs not his.
PETA is not going to like this if they hear about it....
He kills them but doesn’t eat them as a rule...
Leaves them lying around so the females know who is the boss...
You mean if the lions are still alive...
So very sad. =^..^=
A lion-pecked male lion. =^..^=
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