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[–] 187 points 1 year ago (26 children)

The zoo said it accepts donated rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., but no more than four at a time. It also accepts horses for feeding its animals, which it says on its website are euthanized by a zookeeper and a veterinarian.

Gotta eat. Hell, humans eat half those animals too.

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  • [–] 97 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    Guinea pigs got domesticated for food, and are still a common dish in South America. I am pretty sure rabbits got bred for food as well in Europe

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  • [–] 73 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    There are people raising rabbits for meat even today.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    My little cousin found this out at the last family gathering as he enthusiastically showed me a picture of his pet rabbits. Growing up on a farm, my first question was if they were pet or food. His face fell and he asked me if people really eat rabbits. Whoops!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That seems to be almost exclusive to the Peruvian Andes region, I'm from Brazil and never hear of anyone eating a Guinea Pig there, or even in Argentina and Uruguay.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    euthanized by a zookeeper

    I gotta ask how. Usual protocol is benzo/barbiturate overdose followed by potassium chloride shot. But the benzos/barbiturates are contraindicated for the fact that they're feeding them to other animals and potassium alone is torture even if eating something killed by it is fine. That generally leaves stunner and exsanguiation or shooting them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    For chickens you can shove them into a modified construction cone and then cut off their head

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And then chase the body around.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is the point of the cone. It calms them down so that they don't panic. Use a very sharp blade so that the head gets cut off in one blow.

    The running around is a result of them panicking. When they are calm they don't do that and there is way less blood.

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