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[–] 95 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll go ahead and add "Eaten by apex predator" to the list of insane hamster deaths.

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

    I'd like to subscribe to your "Insane Hamster Deaths" newsletter.

    I'm just morbidly curious about what sort of situations the little guys might find themselves in.

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  • [+] 75 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago

    Will they accept corrupt politians or CEOs from other nations?

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Would they accept donatinons of politicians?

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (7 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...

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (2 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

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

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

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They are tossed in to be torn appart. Iirc predators love to go balls first if the prey does not mean too much effort for them.

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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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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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    Showing this to my cats to see if they stop scratching the sofa

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago

    "They're eating the cats. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the pets of the people that live there"

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

    They mention animals that are frequently raised as livestock. Chickens, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs are all mentioned. Horse is the only unusual one to me. I'd find it much more upsetting if they were accepting cats and dogs.

    -Coincidentally I watched two YT videos yesterday. One was about some homesteaders that were dispatching chickens they raised for meat to share with their village. The other was about some small-time farmers that raise guinea-pigs (among other things) that were used for lawn-mowing. The farmers just anounced in that video that the guinea pigs will also be used as a food source.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Horse is not unusual as meat in the Netherlands.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This tracks. I got to spend some time on a Dutch boat during some training in Norway (I'm from the US) and each meal came with an assortment of meat, and there was one that was like a 10" tube of meat that we called horse cock, because the Dutch sailors mentioned some of the meat was horse, and so it was obviously the 10" tube.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    I read in another article that the zoo will "gently euthanize" your pet but I have had a vet come out to my farm and caution me about using any animal euthanized with drugs as feed for anything else due to possible bad reactions or side effects. So what is the definition of "gentle" when talking about non-drug euthanasia?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Don't these drugs have short half-life?

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

    I don't know. I was just told I can't donate the meat to a food program and I shouldn't eat it myself.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'd say a gunshot to the head is just as humane as drugging the animal.

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  • Even more so and approved by the AVMA in their euthanasia guidelines if done correctly (right bullet, muzzle energy, shot placement and trajectory) and you can do it without any strangers showing up wanting to poke them with needles. Say your goodbyes, put their favorite treat on the ground and when they put their head down to eat it...works like switching off a light. A bit bloody but...it's a farm

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    There is a big cat rescue a few hours from me that will take cattle/horse/farm animals for feed. They will also pickup fresh roadkill deer etc.

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

    "Your kids don't love their pets anymore? Don't worry we can take care of that for you."

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    [–] 67 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I like this. Maybe it sounds bad but when I was a kid a neighbor paid me to kill all his chickens after a hurricane because it was hot and their chicken house was gone. I would have much rather he drove them to the zoo to be fed to the animals there.

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

    Growing up on a farm we killed, plucked and processed a few hundred chickens each year. Kept us and several families in town fed with good quality meat over the winter.

    It's not a bad thing to be that close to your own food production.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    These were laying hens though. They would have been better off as zoo food than put in my freezer as crab bait. I don't think it's bad to be close to food production. I'm a farmer.

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  • 15 laying hens hardly take up much space for laying. Surprising they didn't just rig up a quick place for them to find cover and let them wander the yard until they figured out a more permanent solution. With hurricane debris around, repurposing wood that's around shouldn't be hard to find. Hell some people I've seen just throw the wood they bought to cover windows down by the road for trash to pick up. They could have found a downed tree and an ax and they would have hadenough to build a quick structure. Chickens don't ask for much

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

    You don't want to eat chickens that are older or that are unhealthy

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Define unhealthy, we definitely dont eat sick birds, but before we knew how much to feed them, we had a LOT of chicken lard. What's wrong with eating older birds? They're chewy, sure, but they can still make a tasty soup.

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

    Im a fisherman in San Diego an often catch insane amounts of tuna. I mean a 150lb tuna is more than enough for me and friends with plenty of meat to spare.

    But the zoo won't take any donations.

    Sucks umthat I just have to freeze it all.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    And remember, those donations can be written off in your taxes!

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

    can I send an unwanted child?

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