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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 56 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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...

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

bee euthanasia

Hey, at least it's a natural way to go, huh.

[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

One of my favorite lines of all time.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fluffy meowed and meowed, but didn't get to eat. So, Fluffy scratched and clawed, but then got turned to meat.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago

hee, that was fresh.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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