• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    Will they accept corrupt politians or CEOs from other nations?

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    “They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there”

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    The zoo said it accepts donated rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., but no more than four at a time. It also accepts horses for feeding its animals, which it says on its website are euthanized by a zookeeper and a veterinarian.

    Gotta eat. Hell, humans eat half those animals too.

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      Guinea pigs got domesticated for food, and are still a common dish in South America. I am pretty sure rabbits got bred for food as well in Europe

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        I’ve had rabbit a few times in Germany. Quite lean but not bad at all. It’s not that common these days, you can easily avoid it but it’s not hard to find either. There are many hobbyist breeders who sell their rabbits either alive or butchered. I think it’s more common in Eastern Germany though because a lot of people there used to keep rabbits back when meat was rare and traded them with the government.

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          My grandfather tolled me, you could sell a living rabbit for butchering, go to the butcher to buy a dead rabbit and make a profit in the process.

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            Yup, they needed as much meat as they could get so they made it profitable. They didn’t let people buy back everything though, one or two carcasses per person. Most people traded them in for chickens because that meant more food.

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        That seems to be almost exclusive to the Peruvian Andes region, I’m from Brazil and never hear of anyone eating a Guinea Pig there, or even in Argentina and Uruguay.

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            The idea is not if it is worth trying but that it’s not widespread in south America.

            Can confirm that it’s not found in supermarkets in Montevideo nor Buenos Aires.

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        in europe? everywhere. Watch roger and me, micheal moores original documentary, and see a lady skinning them.

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          I’d say we eat almost everything. Aside from deep sea creatures, which are basically impossible to harvest for food, we tend to stay away from heavy poisonous species like the blue ringed octopus, poison arrow frogs, cone snails. But other than those pretty much anything goes.

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            I agree with you, but just to be that person:

            To know something is poisonous, somebody had to have eaten it at least once.

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            Some things surely also just taste like shit, so we don’t eat those either. I’m just assuming, but, I can imagine.

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      euthanized by a zookeeper

      I gotta ask how. Usual protocol is benzo/barbiturate overdose followed by potassium chloride shot. But the benzos/barbiturates are contraindicated for the fact that they’re feeding them to other animals and potassium alone is torture even if eating something killed by it is fine. That generally leaves stunner and exsanguiation or shooting them.

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        They probably didn’t know guinea pigs were domesticated for food, and neglected horses

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      Put a blanket over the place that she scratches and/or a scratching pole somewhere near the sofa.

      Generally the more scratching poles (or carpets on the floor) they have to scratch, the less they mess with furniture.

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    They mention animals that are frequently raised as livestock. Chickens, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs are all mentioned. Horse is the only unusual one to me. I’d find it much more upsetting if they were accepting cats and dogs.

    -Coincidentally I watched two YT videos yesterday. One was about some homesteaders that were dispatching chickens they raised for meat to share with their village. The other was about some small-time farmers that raise guinea-pigs (among other things) that were used for lawn-mowing. The farmers just anounced in that video that the guinea pigs will also be used as a food source.

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    It is worth noting that the article says they are euthanizing the animals before feeding. So it’s not like they take a terrified pet and let the tiger rip it apart alive.

    Still, not a fan of this…

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      The tiger got to eat and they need a meat based diet.

      Option A: Feed them animals that have to bee euthanized and die either way.

      Option B: Bury the animal that had to be euthanized and on top of it kill another animal so the tiger can eat.

      Option A means less animals killed. Now of course we can talk about whether zoos should exist in the first place, for which there are good arguments that they should not.

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      Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand

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      Right in the article it says “The animals are gently euthanized by trained staff”

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        They are tossed in to be torn appart. Iirc predators love to go balls first if the prey does not mean too much effort for them.

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          No where does it say that in the article, and twice it says they are euthanized beforehand, so I’m just going to have to assume you are making things up and spreading lies for your own agenda unless you can prove otherwise

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    I like this. Maybe it sounds bad but when I was a kid a neighbor paid me to kill all his chickens after a hurricane because it was hot and their chicken house was gone. I would have much rather he drove them to the zoo to be fed to the animals there.

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      Growing up on a farm we killed, plucked and processed a few hundred chickens each year. Kept us and several families in town fed with good quality meat over the winter.

      It’s not a bad thing to be that close to your own food production.

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        These were laying hens though. They would have been better off as zoo food than put in my freezer as crab bait. I don’t think it’s bad to be close to food production. I’m a farmer.

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          15 laying hens hardly take up much space for laying. Surprising they didn’t just rig up a quick place for them to find cover and let them wander the yard until they figured out a more permanent solution. With hurricane debris around, repurposing wood that’s around shouldn’t be hard to find. Hell some people I’ve seen just throw the wood they bought to cover windows down by the road for trash to pick up. They could have found a downed tree and an ax and they would have hadenough to build a quick structure. Chickens don’t ask for much

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        For one thing, you were probably really sure to keep the meat from being contaminated with animal feces, or from eating obviously sick animals.

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          Define unhealthy, we definitely dont eat sick birds, but before we knew how much to feed them, we had a LOT of chicken lard. What’s wrong with eating older birds? They’re chewy, sure, but they can still make a tasty soup.

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    Maybe don’t keep animals captive if you need to petition people bring their pets for food. Wtf. Zoos are a mistake.

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      WTF is this take. It’s not that they can’t afford food, they’re trying to keep their food supply more ethical.

      “In zoos, we have a responsibility to imitate the natural food chain of the animals — in terms of both animal welfare and professional integrity,” Aalborg Zoo said in a post on social media.

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          Seeing as they specifically mentioned rabbit, chicken or guinea pig… You might want to check the breeding cert on that terrier of yours.

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        Zoos shouldn’t even exist, they’re inherently unethical. Asking people to donate family members they don’t want to have them killed for food is insanity.

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          Pets get put to sleep ALL the time, for a wide variety of reasons. The zoo is offering a chance to make the death more meaningful and contribute something back. If it’s not for you, that’s fine, but there’s no reason to shit on it. It will benefit others, and nobody loses from it.

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          This is an outdated take. Modern zoos play important roles in species preservation. Also public outreach and perception does wonders for conservation efforts worldwide.

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          I used to very much feel that way. I was incensed that we’d keep animals in tiny boxes, which must be existentially destructive to the psyches of these creatures.

          Recent visits to moderns zoos and conservatories have shown me that zoology has seriously evolved from when I was younger. I’m not trying to say you shouldn’t feel the way you do, just maybe take a look at what they’re up to now, I think the underlying approach has changed for the better.

          I’m know there are still lots of for-profit zoos around the world, however, that treat the creatures like hell. And in that case I don’t defend that even remotely. That’s where I’d be in total agreement with your sentiment.

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            If you’re American or Canadian or Australian (maybe others?) the secret is to make sure you visit “Accredited” zoos and aquariums.

            They have regular inspections and assessments to ensure they meet Requirments for enclosure space sizes and maintenance and cleanliness quality, behaviour and mental enrichment for the animals (of which this would be something, providing natural prey instead of ground meat), health checks and veterinary care, documentation of all of the above, etc.

            If somewhere isn’t accredited is risky as to whether or not the animals are properly cared for.

            It is AZA in America, CAZA in Canada, and AAZA in Australia. There may be others for other countries but those are the ones I’m familiar with.

            (Source: former zookeeper, AZA)

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          Zoos serve a purpose it lets the public see the animals. And yes that has a positive benefit. If people don’t see them they don’t care about them.

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              Zoos are the reason many species survive today. Conservation, breeding, and awareness programs and the such have saved species of every type on every continent.

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                  We can. Be honest, I estimate the odds of such a vote passing at roughly 0%. Most people just don’t care. To get them to care, you’d have to have an organisation handling awareness and outreach and… oh look, we’ve got a zoo.

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                  OK, please do that, then we can talk about shutting down zoos. When do you expect to be done with your little project?

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      Yup. Im not a fan of anything being kept as a pet that needs to be fed live things. It takes the whole “survival of the fittest” out of it. Breeding mice to feed to snakes, poor mice never stand a chance. And that is some bullshit. Snake catches the mouse in the wild, thats fair game. But breeding them just to be eaten alive??? Thats fucking vile.