Killing animals to feed others. What could happen at the Neumünster Zoo in northern Germany is truly unbelievable
Killing animals to feed others. What could happen at the Neumünster zoo in northern Germany is truly unbelievable: the director Verena Kaspari explained to the German website Die Welt that with the coronavirus emergency and the consequent lack of visitors, there are no funds to maintain the zoo and announces that to ensure the survival of some animals it will be necessary to kill others.
A provocation to ask the German authorities for help? We hope the director never gives the green light to this carnage. Because this is when animals are deprived of their habitat and their instincts. In nature, survival would not have made the news, but here we are in a zoo that threatens the death of animals already forced into captivity, if it does not get one hundred million euros in aid from the state.
Neumünster Zoo also appeals to private individuals, the ordinary running costs are high and there are not enough savings. At the expense of pandas, tigers, lions and many other animals that now suffer from hunger and thirst. Without considering that with reduced staff, even cleaning is at risk.
"We have already made a list of the animals we should slaughter," Verena Kaspari told German news site Die Welt, "This will be the last unpleasant beach," further explaining that this gesture will not solve the financial problem anyway. Seals and penguins, for example, need large quantities of fresh fish every day.
"We would be forced to euthanize rather than let them starve," he said again. The zoo belongs to an association, which is not covered by the state emergency fund for small businesses. According to estimates, the losses will be around 175 thousand euros.
“The sooner we move away from this type of entertainment, the better it is for the animals. A corporate project where animals are a means of obtaining money puts their well-being at risk ”, reads the Facebook page Nie chodzę do Zoo (I don't go to the zoo).
Fonti: The World/BBC
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