Posted on 08/05/2025 9:18:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A zoo in Denmark is asking for donations of small pets as food for its predators.
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.
“That way, nothing goes to waste — and we ensure natural behavior, nutrition and well-being of our predators,” the zoo said.
The online call for pet donations is accompanied by a picture of a wildcat baring its teeth with its mouth wide open and a link to the zoo's website, noting the facility also is interested in receiving horses.
The zoo, which could not immediately be reached for additional details, does not list other pets or animals as possible donations.
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No small pets but we have some worn out, pretty useless politicians we could donate.
They like white dogs the best.
Zoos have passed their prime and should be abandoned as a general observation. They have no place with on demand access to videos and pictures. There is no gain to witnessing captive animals any longer.
In particular zoos in Denmark need to be closed if they can’t feed their animals. They are requesting that people donate their unwanted pets and horses as food for the predators. It seems to me that every sick and depraved idea that comes out of Europe starts in certain countries, Denmark being one of them.
Perhaps you should led by example and offer yourself up.
“”They have no place with on demand access to videos and pictures.””’
That’s a strange response. Children should learn and experience from videos and pictures - not the real thing? Weird!
How bout a pet rock ?/s
I suspect that was before the reports of shredded babies started coming in.
Great lessons. Caged bored animals in generally forlorn conditions.
In 2016, a heroic Hoosier pit bull swam the Ohio river, in order to bite every Brownie in a Kentucky troop camping on the river bank. Then he swam back.
Hos name was Chopper.
Richard Gere could keep the reptiles supplied with gerbils.
Those things have a shelf life you know.
well now ya’ll know what to do about that neighbor’s dog who always comes over and S**ts on your lawns...
This is reason enough for us to take Greenland from these dirtballs.
OK. That one I like.
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