German zoo running out of food, may feed animals to each other
Verena Kaspari, director of the Neumünster Zoo in Germany, claims if the zoo doesn’t get financial help soon, the zoo may be forced to feed animals to each other.
According to the New York Post, “the announcement comes a month after the nation’s animal sanctuaries begged German Chancellor Angela Merkel for 100 million euros to help care for their critters amid state-mandated social distancing restrictions.
Verena Kaspari, director of the Neumünster Zoo told the Germany newspaper Die Welt that ‘we’ve listed the animals we’ll have to slaughter first.’
Verena didn’t list which animals will be slaughtered, but says the ‘unpleasant’ cost-cutting measure might not even be enough to offset their losses.
Penguins and seals require an exorbitant amount of fish per day to sustain them, and unlike other businesses, zoos can’t go dormant during the pandemic due to animals’ daily feeding and enclosure maintenance requirements.
‘If it comes to it, I’ll have to euthanize animals, rather than let them starve,’ says Kaspari, who projects that the business could lose almost $200,000 this spring.”
(SOURCE: New York Post)
