WTF I just found out Russian Zoo's feed predators live prey

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I just found out zoos in feed their big cats live animals. Now I already predict typical 'whats the big deal' comments but for me I found this shocking

[uopayroll]

Keep reading about it, it is not just in Russia

[Independent voter]

I've seen zoos feed mice to snakes.

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For real? Are you that type that complain when he/she see in a documentary a lion eat a dear/zebra etc??

[Templar 331]

I would think this is a good thing. Keeps them engaged with their pent up predatory natures instead of just sitting there being fed like cows.

[Mellomania]

I just found out zoos in feed their big cats live animals. Now I already predict typical 'whats the big deal' comments but for me I found this shocking

As far as i know it's pretty common several places?

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For real? Are you that type that complain when he/she see in a documentary a lion eat a dear/zebra etc??

There's a big difference

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I would think this is a good thing. Keeps them engaged with their pent up predatory natures instead of just sitting there being fed like cows.

Not if their prey is tied up

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

There's a big difference

Some animals will refuse to eat meat that they haven't killed because it might not be edible.

[Templar 331]

Not if their prey is tied up

Well that's not fair.

[Deleted]

I saw this documentary once where they lowered a cow into predator facility. They also used live goats and strained them to a pole to be eaten. It was horrific. Especially when they broke loose.

[Harry Botter]

I saw this documentary once where they lowered a cow into a velociraptor facility... Fucking animal cruelty.

I too was shocked when I saw that but I believe it was lowered into a T-Rex paddock not Raptor.

[Deleted]

I too was shocked when I saw that but I believe it was lowered into a T-Rex paddock not Raptor.

NSFW VERY GRAPHIC

[Templar 331]

NSFW VERY GRAPHIC

Not even a spit of blood. >.>

[Morbownz]

Well they are only animals! There just aren't enough celebrity animals out there going to the Oscar's or duetting with rappers to make people value their lives more, if someone could just train a chimp to use social media.

[Adamas102]

Carnivores eat other animals. There is no fair or unfair about it. If anything you should be complaining about the predators being put in cages for our amusement.

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I would think this is a good thing. Keeps them engaged with their pent up predatory natures instead of just sitting there being fed like cows.

I know some zoos use butchered parts of animals, and deliver them in ways that force the big cats to leap/do work and engage them instead of just feeding them like cows like you say. They get different challenges to get the food, which I'd think is much more engaging than tossing a tied up live goat in - also less cruel to the goat/horse/whatever is being fed.

This is a video from kristiansand zoo in norway were they send a horseleg in on zipline, forcing the lion to jump up and try to pull it down (or, as this lion does, eat it while its hanging from the air) - note there is a chopped off horseleg in this video.

Basically its the kind of thing my housecat does when playing with a catnip toy or something we've hung from a doorknob, except for a larger cat combined with feeding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCzPT_Cd4Q

[Bakis]

Only thing I've seen in docus and such are snakes and it is contested if it is beneficial with live prey at all with snakes.
What I do feel sure about is that it is hardly restricted to Russian zoos.

[SeanTheOriginal]

"We have been sheltered in some weird way to think our way of living should be imposed on animals. The idea that this is somehow brutal, goddamnit, it's called being a cat; this is what cats do."

https://youtu.be/maDKuFeyQv4?t=8m42s

[Revi]

I hear predators have been observed actually killing animals as a natural part of their behavior. Shocking!

Reminds me a bit about the people getting outraged at the Danish zoo showing children the anatomy of a dead giraffe. Just a weird thing to be outraged about.

[turboether]

Thank christ these animals are forced to live in captivity their whole lives, I would shudder to think how many more innocent prey animals they would eat in the wild. #cagealllions