Quite the outrage over a Danish Zoo euthanizing a giraffe and feeding it to the resident lions. I for one actually have no problem with it whatsoever. As a meat eater I have no moral objection to any animal being killed for food, so long as it is done with a minimum of stress to the animal.
All carnivores in zoos have to eat meat, so where do you suppose that meat comes from? The meat fairy? It comes from other animals that have been slaughtered….probably a cow or pig from that slaughterhouse down the road.
Folks are particularly aghast that they dismembered the animal in front of children and let the public view the lions chowing down. I say that it was a fantastic educational experience for these kids! These are the essential truths of our existence: that animals have to die for us meat eaters to live. I’d much rather our kids live in the real world rather than Disneyland.
For those vegans out there, I truly respect your choice. For the extremists who say “meat is murder” I respectfully disagree. But even you must realize that carnivores in zoos must eat meat. I salute those Danish zookeepers who took matters into their own hands rather than killing by proxy.