Mom donates daughters pony to zoo to be devoured…
Hold your horses.
A Danish girl donated her daughter’s pet pony to Zoo in Denmark — so it may be eaten by lions.
Pernille Sohl reportedly donated her teenage daughter Angelina’s German driving pony, Chicago 57, to the Aalborg Zoo in the nation’s northern area.
Zookeepers have said they’re hoping to mimic the natural food chain of predators by feeding them smaller donated pets.
“It might sound very dramatic and bizarre that you would feed your pet to animals in the zoo,” Sohl, 44, told the Times UK. “But they are going to be put down anyway and it is not like they are alive when they are given to the predators.”
Aalborg Zoo has requested for donations of “a healthy animal that needs to be given away for various reasons” — including guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens — to be “gently euthanized” before getting used as a meal, the power said in a Facebook post.
“In zoos we have a responsibility to imitate the natural food chain of the animals — in terms of both animal welfare and professional integrity,” it added.
Horses will also be accepted — and euthanized and slaughtered — by the zoo, with house owners eligible for a tax deduction, Aalborg Zoo added on its web site.
“[N]othing goes to waste — and we ensure natural behavior, nutrition and well-being of our predators,” the zoo wrote on Facebook.
Aalborg Zoo homes three carnivorous and harmful species: Asiatic lions, polar bears, and the Sumatran tiger. Gunnar E Nilsen – stock.adobe.com
Sohl said that her daughter’s pony was donated after it was euthanized due to pain from a long-term health wrestle in 2020.
Chicago 7 was struggling from a type of eczema introduced about by mosquito bites that turned irritated in the summer season and lead to open wounds that risked infection. He had to put on a jacket and leg safety toward the end of his life and was 22 when he died.
Angelina was just 13 at the time of her beloved pony’s death — and Sohl gave her the selection on whether or not or not to donate the physique to the zoo.
“I gave Angelina the various options and she chose the one with the zoo, because it made the most sense,” Sohl explained.
“She wanted to follow the food chain. She wanted Chicago 57 to benefit other animals.”
Horses are accepted as a donation — and euthanized and slaughtered — by the zoo, with house owners eligible for a tax deduction. William – stock.adobe.com
Sohl — who runs a small farm in Denmark that permits kids with mental health points to spend time with horses — had the Aalborg Zoo euthanize Chicago 57, and she was there for the process.
“There was a zookeeper standing there cuddling and kissing him — as if it was me standing with him,” she said.
After the euthanasia, Sohl was informed that Chicago 57’s physique would be fed to lions.
The zoo in northern Denmark is hoping to mimic the natural food chain of predators by feeding them smaller donated pets. Peter Bischoff/Getty Images
Aalborg Zoo homes three carnivorous and harmful species: Asiatic lions, polar bears, and the Sumatran tiger, per its web site.
Sohl was so impressed with the method that she tried to deliver another horse that had died to Aalborg last 12 months, but was turned down because the horse was taller than the utmost top required for his physique to match in the zoo’s fridge. His stays had been instead repurposed as canine food.
The zoo has acquired global backlash in the past few weeks after its Facebook post requesting small animal donations went viral.
Sohl runs a small farm in Denmark that permits kids with mental health points to spend time with horses. Facebook/Angelina Rasmussen
But this 12 months alone, Aalborg Zoo has so far acquired a complete of 22 horses, 137 rabbits, 53 chickens and 18 guinea pigs.
The Times reported that cats and canines are usually not accepted as donations for the animals.
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