Overview

• The donation appeal, active since August 5, invites healthy but unwanted rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens and horses as feed for lions, tigers and Eurasian lynxes.
• Horse donors must present equine passports, ensure no veterinary treatment in the past 30 days and meet a 147 cm height limit at the withers.
• Contributors of horses can claim a tax deduction worth 5 Danish kroner per kilogram of the animal’s weight.
• The zoo has disabled comments on its social media post after critical responses prompted the move and animal welfare advocates continue to challenge the ethics.
• Vice director Pia Nielsen defends the program as a standard Danish practice that provides predators with a more natural diet while offering a use for animals otherwise facing euthanasia.