In Aalborg, Denmark, a zoo has asked the population to donate their small pets to serve as food for their predators. The initiative, presented as a way to emulate the natural food chain and guarantee the well -being of animals, has caused reactions found, mostly of outrage and social rejection.
The Aalborg zoo explained through a publication on their social networks that seek to reproduce the natural eating habits of the carnivorous species they house. Among the pets that can be donated mainly Indian bunny, rabbits and chickens. They ensure that donated animals will be subjected to a ‘soft’ euthanasia performed by qualified personnel, and then be used as food.
The center emphasizes that This practice aims to avoid waste and maintain the appropriate conditions for the behavior and natural food of their carnivores.
The community’s response has been immediately and flatly negative. Many users have expressed anger, sadness and a strong criticism of the proposal. Numerous comments have described it as insensitive and offensivequestioning the ethics of using domestic animals donated to feed others in captivity.
Some people have used sarcasm to show their disgust, asking in an ironic tone if they could also donate the “Annoyed neighboring children” or joking about giving away their relatives “for vacation.” Others have expressed that the idea reflects a perverse mentality that Spurious life and affective bond With pets.
Although the declared intention of the Aalborg Zoo is to respect professional integrity and animal welfare through the reproduction of its natural habitat, the controversy shows the difficulty of transferring extreme ecological concepts to the urban and domestic field, where pets usually have for their owners A difficult emotional value to match.
At the moment, the zoo has not issued No additional clarification after criticism received.