Zoological institution offers to euthanise animals that need to be put down so ‘nothing goes to waste’
A zoo in Denmark is appealing for donations of healthy small pets to be “gently euthanised” and fed to predators.
Aalborg zoo has urged willing chicken, rabbit and guinea pig owners to hand over their pets to be eaten whole by animals including European lynx.
Live donations, it said, would be killed by trained staff. It promised that “nothing goes to waste”, and also said it would “gratefully” receive live horses.
The zoo said such animals were needed in order to “imitate the animals’ natural food chain – for the sake of both animal welfare and professional integrity”.
