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Wtf have u just read?

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Campingisnexttogodliness · 04/08/2025 13:44

Denmark zoo advertising for unwanted pets to be donated.. They will be euthanised and fed to the animals...
If it was April 1st I would assume some sick Fool.

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CoffeeCantata · 09/09/2025 06:32

I love animals and can’t bear cruelty but it saddens me that we have one rule for pets (animals we take away from their own kind and make entirely dependent on us) and another for wild or farm animals, wWhich we’re often content to forget in their suffering.

All animals should be treated with kindness. Is it just that these are pets which is the problem? They aren’t going to know their fate, or suffer, so…what’s the issue?

MumChp · 09/09/2025 03:12

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 04/08/2025 18:38

Danish zoo that culled giraffe kills family of lions - BBC News https://share.google/qXUFiK1OxOXcOjKJY

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It was put down and later dissected in front of visitors. Not slaughted in front of young children. Parents brought the children to the zoo to watch. It wasn't forced upon Danish families.

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Campingisnexttogodliness · 04/08/2025 18:45

German zoo culled baboons recently and fed them to the lions. .
Google Marius the giraffe for the article about him..

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Cherrysoup · 04/08/2025 18:10

Foundress · 04/08/2025 16:48

Ah I like the idea of the flower seeds mixed with the ashes and scattered about. Would the firework not burn up the flower seeds when it went off though?

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I suppose if it's in different sections, they might get spread as it flies off. Dunno, saw it advertised somewhere years ago. Seems like a cracking idea.

0LIVESANDWINE · 04/08/2025 17:23

Zoos should not exist. Neither should people keep animals in cages. Humans are horrible

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 04/08/2025 17:20

MarxistMags · 04/08/2025 16:54

@tumblingdowntherabbithole I think it was done more commonly in the past.
Hopefully not now !! 😻

Right, that's not what you said in your post at all though Confused

If you'd done a tiny bit of research, you'd also know it was incredibly rare even in the past - it's hardly the modern delicacy you're making it out as.

BloodandGlitter · 04/08/2025 17:16

I've seen hoarding situations with rats and rabbits where the numbers have been in the hundreds that are rescued. Sadly there aren't enough homes for them all so something has to be done. Better a swift death than prolonged suffering in abnormal situations.
Also in the UK it's illegal to live feed to reptiles unless you have a note from a vet stating the animal will not eat non live.

MarxistMags · 04/08/2025 16:54

@tumblingdowntherabbithole I think it was done more commonly in the past.
Hopefully not now !! 😻

Foundress · 04/08/2025 16:48

Cherrysoup · 04/08/2025 16:34

Or get cremated, there’s a company that makes you into fireworks, shoot across a valley! I think you can add flower seeds.

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Ah I like the idea of the flower seeds mixed with the ashes and scattered about. Would the firework not burn up the flower seeds when it went off though?

ginasevern · 04/08/2025 16:41

It sounds distasteful because it's in a controlled environment rather than nature taking its course. As in, the animals hunting for their own food. Denmark has not got a glowing history on animal welfare by the way. They were one of the last EU countries to ban bestiality (as recently as 2015) and actually had perfectly legal animal brothels where humans paid to have sex with animals. They were banned largely because of "bestiality tourism" rather than any other concerns.

Sachakan · 04/08/2025 16:35

Campingisnexttogodliness · 04/08/2025 14:24

Not the same zoo - but also Denmark - that butchered a healthy 2 yo giraffe in front of visitors including small dc..

Source?

Cherrysoup · 04/08/2025 16:34

Foundress · 04/08/2025 15:56

I used to quite fancy one of those sky burials. After your death you are left on a mountaintop ledge. Then the vultures come and peck at the body till there is nothing left of you. Nepal or possibly India I think? Maybe some humans would like to be fed to zoo animals after death? Might be cheaper than a funeral.

Or get cremated, there’s a company that makes you into fireworks, shoot across a valley! I think you can add flower seeds.

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 04/08/2025 16:25

MarxistMags · 04/08/2025 16:03

The Swiss eat cats at Xmas time as they are considered a delicacy.😞

Are you high?

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 04/08/2025 16:24

I really don't see why this is an issue. Animals eat animals - tis the circle of life.

fourelementary · 04/08/2025 16:24

MarxistMags · 04/08/2025 16:03

The Swiss eat cats at Xmas time as they are considered a delicacy.😞

Bollocks they do (maybe they eat bollocks but not cats!)

godmum56 · 04/08/2025 16:17

KrisAkabusi · 04/08/2025 14:42

And again, what's wrong with this? Its not like the kids were on their own and wandered across it. It was an advertised dissection display.

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Other reputable zoos would have taken it as I recall.

MarxistMags · 04/08/2025 16:03

The Swiss eat cats at Xmas time as they are considered a delicacy.😞

DeanStockwelll · 04/08/2025 16:00

Foundress · 04/08/2025 15:56

I used to quite fancy one of those sky burials. After your death you are left on a mountaintop ledge. Then the vultures come and peck at the body till there is nothing left of you. Nepal or possibly India I think? Maybe some humans would like to be fed to zoo animals after death? Might be cheaper than a funeral.

Lol The will says please make sure Felix goes to a good home and please feed me to his big cousin.

Foundress · 04/08/2025 15:56

I used to quite fancy one of those sky burials. After your death you are left on a mountaintop ledge. Then the vultures come and peck at the body till there is nothing left of you. Nepal or possibly India I think? Maybe some humans would like to be fed to zoo animals after death? Might be cheaper than a funeral.

DeanStockwelll · 04/08/2025 15:51

Artesia · 04/08/2025 15:22

Isn't the whole point that they don't kill the mouse first, they just give it to the snake?

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I haven't seen the article but @Campingisnexttogodliness said they are euthanized first in their 1st post.

Bananachimp · 04/08/2025 15:47

KrisAkabusi · 04/08/2025 14:42

And again, what's wrong with this? Its not like the kids were on their own and wandered across it. It was an advertised dissection display.

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Healthy animal put down because they didn't want to breed from him, they had numerous people offering places for him to live and petitions against this. I think it's abhorrent that they didn't explore rehoming options and decided to kill him because he wasn't of use to them.

Dontcallmescarface · 04/08/2025 15:43

corlan · 04/08/2025 13:49

What's the difference between eating one animal or another? Is there a hierarchy? Why would be ok to use a farmed rabbit as food but not one that had been a pet?
All meat is murder.

Well not to an animal it's not...it's survival, unless you think tigers are going to start going veggie because rabbits have feelings too.

🙄

Scorchio84 · 04/08/2025 15:41

corlan · 04/08/2025 13:49

What's the difference between eating one animal or another? Is there a hierarchy? Why would be ok to use a farmed rabbit as food but not one that had been a pet?
All meat is murder.

I've been a vegetrian for most of my life, had a respite when I was pregnant but I have to agree with this.. we had a bit of a "scandal" over here, Findus Crispy Pancakes were found to have some horse meat in them, I couldn't understand the outrage.. it was hardly the CJD crisis all over again

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