Unwanted pet solution. / myLot

Ireland

August 4, 2025 4:42pm CST

Did you read about how Aalborg zoo in Denmark wants to feed its captive carnivores? It is advertising for members of the public to donate their unwanted pets!! They only accept healthy pets (rabbits, chickens, guinea pigs etc) which are then euthanised and fed to carnivores such as lynx, lions and tigers. Horses too are accepted, and anyone donating a horse actually gets a tax break of some sort. Again the horse must be healthy. The report doesn’t say if donors are able to watch their pets being eaten - how cool would that be?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (480928)

• Italy

19h

I have read this piece of news no more than 10 minutes ago. I am horrified.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (480928)

• Italy

15h

@Fleura - Of course they do, it's the idea to bring YOUR PET that I cannot stand. Would you bring your dog or your cat? I could never do that.

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Fleur

@Fleura (32241)

• United Kingdom

15h

But surely they must be killing some animals already to feed the lions, so why not these animals?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (480928)

• Italy

30m

@Fleura - Some people should never have pets, of course when I read what people do to their own children I am surprised by nothing.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (43960)

• United States

4 Aug

Oh my goodness! I'm speechless.

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Mr.Yang

@jefferson126 (3447)

• Shenzhen, China

23h

a cruel and bloody pets solution.

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@DaddyEvil (155967)

• United States

4 Aug

Do you wonder if they accept unwanted spouses, as long as they're healthy? Or unwanted children, too? Heck, the zoo could set traps for the unwanted tourists and could still keep the tourists' dollars in their economy.

That all sounds the same to me.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23785)

• United Kingdom

13h

I saw that yesterday & have to say l felt it repugnant & heartless to your pet. Practical solution it maybe but l wonder what the take up is like?

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14064)

• Ireland

13h

@garymarsh6 I’d be surprised if they were swamped with donations, especially since they only want healthy specimens.

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Traceyjayne

@Traceyjayne (4029)

• United Kingdom

4 Aug

I have to say I hate that idea…..I would never be part of anything like that.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (196825)

• United States

17h

WHAT?!!!!! I'm horrified. This is awful.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14064)

• Ireland

15h

@lindaohio Did you ever wonder where they get their meat to feed the lions?

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Amber

@AmbiePam (101189)

• United States

4 Aug

I saw this, and I didn’t read too far into the story. It was just too disturbing.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (87694)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Aug

No, thank you; that turns my stomach. I cannot even imagine.

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Fleur

@Fleura (32241)

• United Kingdom

4 Aug

Well it would be a natural solution and save on the costs of disposal.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14064)

• Ireland

23h

@fleura We have little problem “euthanising” millions of beasts to feed ourselves, only taking the healthy. So why not this? Of course the better solution is to close all zoos - despicable institutions.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14064)

• Ireland

20h

@Fleura Our school had “pet” pythons, and it was with macabre delight that we gathered to watch live chickens and rabbits being dropped into their enclosure. The chickens and pythons often cohabited for days till a python decided he was hungry enough to be bothered and then he’d strike.

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