Having to have one of my dogs put down recently I was disgusted and horrified when I read this article. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I'm sure others will feel the same.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r7z2ynd2lo

Saves paying pet cremation fees at least

Firthy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 12:35 pm

Having to have one of my dogs put down recently I was disgusted and horrified when I read this article. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I'm sure others will feel the same.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r7z2ynd2lo

Maybe its a bit of an emotive subject for you (after the loss of a loved pet, which I am sorry for) but the article isn't saying the zoo is requesting people donate their beloved Snowy the Lab or Snuggles the Cat. More that likely its for certain animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, birds) which don't have a future (born with genetic condition or part of a cull) to be donated, which I don't think is that bad. The article sensationalizes the zoo's request.

There is no difference between chicken being bred and killed for purchase of feeding humans vs one that is bred and killed and used as feed in a zoo.

Better than them being abused and unloved I guess

If the lions won't learn to eat grass ...

Don't see a problem with it. If you don't want to donate your pet, then don't do it, the choice is there

As a pet owner and animal lover, this sounds a great idea. Should be more of it.

I’ve had 3 dogs throughout my life, I loved them all dearly. I would have donated their corpses if given the option.

I’m on the donation register to donate anything usable when I’m gone, including skin and eyes, which for some reason many people don’t donate, but are willing to donate other organs.

I’ve also signed up to donate my body to the local medical school once everything worth whilst has been harvested.

I won’t be using it

Firthy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 12:35 pm

Having to have one of my dogs put down recently I was disgusted and horrified when I read this article. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I'm sure others will feel the same.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r7z2ynd2lo

I found it quite amusing tbh, they'd be quite welcome to feed me to Aslan once i'm gone, nevermind a pet

Did you read the article?

There are a couple of dogs just down the road from us which I'd happily deliver for them

Inchy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 1:37 pm

I’ve had 3 dogs throughout my life, I loved them all dearly. I would have donated their corpses if given the option.

I’m on the donation register to donate anything usable when I’m gone, including skin and eyes, which for some reason many people don’t donate, but are willing to donate other organs.

I’ve also signed up to donate my body to the local medical school once everything worth whilst has been harvested.

I won’t be using it

Sounds like the medical school will only be getting your eyebrows then

I wish I could give the 4 million stray cats away here in Rhodes .

It’s not for pet dogs ffs it’s for birds , hamsters , guinea pigs etc that people no longer need /can keep etc . Saves animals being dumped and gives the zoo animals some proper scran . While I personally abhor zoo’s I can see why they’d do this .

Tribesmen wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 4:48 pm

I wish I could give the 4 million stray cats away here in Rhodes .

Yeah but then what would Stavros put In the giros?

No story here, they are asking for chickens and rabbits not cats and dogs …

Sorry, it wasn't clear to me in the article — are they euthanised first, or just fed alive? It does state they are 'gently euthanised' but it doesn't particularly disclose how?

CoolClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 6:34 pm

Sorry, it wasn't clear to me in the article — are they euthanised first, or just fed alive? It does state they are 'gently euthanised' but it doesn't particularly disclose how?

By making them drink Carlsberg? The stuff brewed in the UK, not Denmark.

Nothing like a good bit of UTC outrage where it’s completely unneeded.

CoolClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 6:34 pm

Sorry, it wasn't clear to me in the article — are they euthanised first, or just fed alive? It does state they are 'gently euthanised' but it doesn't particularly disclose how?

Id presume "falling asleep gently" like any vet would do with an injection, rather than a cattle prod / stun gun conveyor belt production line abattoir.

The numbers of donations I expect to be low side rather than Noah's Ark turning up every day.

As an omnivore I have no issue. Be rather hypocritical to have any other stance.

'gently euthanised'

That's rubbish! Euthanasia is done to humans. Animals are slaughtered or, if you want to be soft, put down.