Danish Zoo Requests Residents Donate Pets to Help Feed Predatory Animals

August 5, 2025

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A Danish zoo has sparked debate online after it asked residents to donate their pets to help feed its predatory animals. A facility in the city of Aalborg reportedly issued the eyebrow-raising request in a weirdly cheerful Facebook post last week. "Did you know that you can donate smaller pets" to the zoo, they asked their followers, explaining their program wherein public-provided chickens, rabbits, and guinea pigs are fed to its animals that require "full prey" akin to what they "would naturally hunt in the wild."

More on this macabre story at the Coast to Coast AM website.

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