The Denmark Zoo that asks for donations of unwanted pets to feed their predators

Foreground of a Euroasymatic lynx. Has pointed ears and characteristic yellow eyes — Photo foot, According to the zoo, the Euroasymatic lynx is one of the predators who will benefit from the plan.

- Author, Michael Sheils McNamee
- Author's title, BBC News
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A Denmark Zoo has called the public to donate its unwanted healthy pets as part of a singular project to provide food to its predators.

The Aalborg Zoo, in Northern Denmark, requested donations of chickens, rabbits and bunny from living Indies, who, he says, will be “sacrificed with delicacy” by qualified personnel.

The zoo also accepts donations of living horses, whose owners can benefit from a possible fiscal credit.

In a message posted on Instagram, the zoo explains that it has the “responsibility of imitating the natural food chain of animals” and that the minor cattle “constitutes an important part of the diet of our predators.”

The zoo affirms that the food provided in this way “evokes what would hunt naturally in nature”, and that this is especially true in the case of the Euroasymatic lynx.

Other predatory beasts of the zoo are lions and tigers.

Small animals can donate working days, with a maximum of four at a time without prior appointment.

A tiger holds in his mouth the bone with meat from a dam — Photo foot, Good raising of carnivorous animals implies feeding them with meat preferably with skin and bones.

On your page webunder the image of a tiger devouring a piece of meat, the Aalborg zoo explains the conditions to donate horses.

To meet the requirements, they must have a passport for horses and cannot have been treated by a disease in the previous 30 days.

If the zoo receives their animals, horsepower can declare a tax deduction.

In a statement, the deputy director of the zoo, Pia Nielsen, declared that the carnivores of the park had been fed with smaller cattle “for many years.”

“When carnivores are raised, it is necessary to supply meat, preferably with skin, bones, etc., to give them a diet as natural as possible,” he said.

“Therefore, it makes sense to allow animals that must be sacrificed for various reasons can be useful in this way. In Denmark, this practice is usual, and many of our visitors and partners appreciate the opportunity to contribute. The animals we receive as donations are chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and horses.”

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