Two European zoos commit outrageous acts.

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(08-05-2025, 03:22 PM)Catherine Wrote: This  lets people get rid of unwanted pets by letting a zoo kill them and feed them to their animals. This allows people to have pets for a while and then the zoo will take them. It is letting people think of their pets as disposable. You can enjoy a young cute animal and then you can get rid of it.

Yes, Catherine. This has been on many news sites, including the BBC. You are absolutely right: the donation of unwanted pets instils the notion that pets are disposable possessions.

I am also disturbed by the sentence "It offered assurances that the pets will be "gently euthanized" by trained staff." No mention of this being done by vets, merely "trained staff". Trained by whom, to what level of expertise?

More importantly, what is this "gentle euthanasia"? Vets use special chemicals, which render the animal unconscious and then stop the heart. But animals euthanised in this way cannot be used for feeding to carnivores afterwards, because of the toxicity of the chemicals. Pets which have been euthanised are usually cremated or buried for that reason. So I fear that "gentle euthanasia" will not be possible. I assume they mean gassing or wringing the necks, or even worse, bleeding out without any painkillers. Appalling!