Zoo feeds unwanted giraffe to lions warning, death mentioned...obvs

Giraffealaff · February 2014

I ugly cried when I saw this yesterday.

LaurelBee · February 2014

ShadyPines920 said:
Unbelievable. I can stomach a lot. That was a very sick and cruel thing to do. The zoo director seems to have relished killing the young animal in front of young children... Sad times we are living in when we have an audience to kill something.

I don't know if this was covered, but public executions are not something new. Public hangings and the Colosseum come to mind...

LaurelBee · February 2014

HilarityEnsued said:
I don't really get why someone would have the "hell yeah I'll bring my 8 year old to a public animal execution" response.

I wouldn't bring my kid to the execution, but if my older child was interested in seeing the autopsy, I'd bring him! Science bitches. I'd be proud that my kid took an interest actually bc I'm squeamish and could never work in the medical field.

Kids in HS are allowed to view autopsy's of cadavers for biology. I don't see the difference.

RondackHiker · February 2014

LovelyRitaMeterMaid said:

pobrecita said:

LovelyRitaMeterMaid said:
I hardcore judge the idiot parents who brought their kids to see that. WTF is wrong with them?

When I was eight, we were living with my grandmother. We had a German sheperd. Loved him. He got dysplasia and couldn't walk, etc. So my grandmother wanted to have him put down. AC came to get him and for some fucked up reason, they shot the dog in front of me. I've never, ever forgotten that. My mom was so mad.

I can't imagine taking Isla to something like that. Or going myself.
Seeing your family pet get out down =/= watching the autopsy of a giraffe.
I thought about putting that I realize it isn't the same thing necessarily, but I knew someone would do it for me.

They're still morons.

I really don't agree with the moron assessment. I was there when my family dog and my personal pet rabbit where euthanized when I was a child (and yes, I know drug euthanasia and shotgun and captive bolt are all different). It didn't traumatize me. To this day I'm glad I was there.

Starting in 4th grade I joined a vet club that included watching surgeries on animals... I'd have loved to watch an autopsy. I didn't see one of those till closer to my teen years.

I don't think letting an interested child watch an autopsy and hear about the heart and lungs and vertebrae makes a parent a moron.

And I'm really confused by your story. Why was animal control called? Why wasn't the dog taken to the vet? Why did AC have a gun and why'd they shoot it rather than telling your parents to call a vet or taking the dog to the vet themselves?

RondackHiker · February 2014

LovelyRitaMeterMaid said:
I was 8 so I really don't remember. I think a vet came to her house at one point maybe? I just remember hearing them talking about nothing being able to help him.

It was way way out though (the house). We didn't have transportation for the most part at that time. Maybe that's why he wasn't just taken to the vet.

I don't know why they had a gun but they did and they shot him.

I'm very sorry you had to see that, but can you see there's a difference between watching your pet die without any warning or prep and watching an autopsy while a vet explains how the body works?

robinsokj · February 2014

My kids always watch, try to get into the middle of a deer butchering. This isn't that fucking crazy

RondackHiker · February 2014

robinsokj said:
My kids always watch, try to get into the middle of a deer butchering. This isn't that fucking crazy

I was thinking the same thing about my niece and nephew. I wouldn't take DS to see an autopsy now, but only because I would think it'd be over his head and he might be bored and disturb others.

Ardmhs83 · February 2014

What parent in their right fucking mind would take their kid to see this shit?! It's a screwed up situation and I don't agree with it at all, but kids watching...that is sick!

NeneCakies · February 2014

I'm more interested in the fact that no one called out the "pubic execution" typo on page 1.

RondackHiker · February 2014

Ardmhs83 said:
What parent in their right fucking mind would take their kid to see this shit?! It's a screwed up situation and I don't agree with it at all, but kids watching...that is sick!

Did you read the thread?

Smootchy · February 2014

NeneCakies said:

I'm more interested in the fact that no one called out the "pubic execution" typo on page 1.

Smootchy · February 2014

LOL. I was just going to comment that I wish this thread would die but @NeneCakies that's pretty funny. Totally my typo. Can't believe it was missed.

Ardmhs83 · February 2014

RondackHiker said:

What parent in their right fucking mind would take their kid to see this shit?! It's a screwed up situation and I don't agree with it at all, but kids watching...that is sick!
Did you read the thread?

Yes, I did. They can throw all of that crap out all they want, I just feel it could have been handled differently. Since it wasn't, I do understand some of the points they brought up. I still stand by me not agreeing to let my child see that crap. I get that it is the wild and that animals eat one another in the wild. If my child catches it on the Discovery Channel one day, that is fine. At least they will actually see an animal running and the other one catching it in order to eat and survive. This is totally unnecessary for people, let alone children to see. You don't have to agree with me...I'm just saying I would NEVER let MY child see it!

Edited for spelling mistake...

RondackHiker · February 2014

Ardmhs83 said:

RondackHiker said:

Ardmhs83 said:
What parent in their right fucking mind would take their kid to see this shit?! It's a screwed up situation and I don't agree with it at all, but kids watching...that is sick!
Did you read the thread?

Yes, I did. They can throw all of that crap out all they want, I just feel it could have been handled differently. Since it wasn't, I do understand some of the points they brought up. I still stand by me not agreeing to let my child see that crap. I get that it is the wild and that animals eat one another in the wild. If my child catches it on the Discovery Channel one day, that is fine. At least they will actually see an animal running and the other one catching it in order to eat and survive. This is totally unnecessary for people, let alone children to see. You don't have to agree with me...I'm just saying I would NEVER let MY child see it!

Edited for spelling mistake...

I guess we'll have to disagree then. I see nothing wrong with a child watching the autopsy of an animal, or lions eating.

robinsokj · February 2014

How many here so disgusted eat commercially processed meat?

shadypines · February 2014

NeneCakies · February 2014

Proof be here @mabelshesabiotch. Sorry to call you out again chapski.

chapski said:

pobrecita said:

ChickenOnSunday said:

I think it's cool they fed it to the lions.

I'm ok with the lions being fed. But a pubic execution of a giraffe is just... ugh. They shot it in the head. I mean, I guess it's about as fast as putting it to sleep but still, just seems so inhumane to me.

DreadLoc · February 2014

bacon wrapped giraffe.

nomnomnom

::thought about inserting graphic pic from articles::

missyishere · February 2014

I bet it tastes like chicken.

missyishere · February 2014

That's it-- next GTG is at the Copenhagen zoo!

missyishere · February 2014

allrightmeow · February 2014

DreadLoc said:

pobrecita said:

I read it as just the autopsy and feeding were public.

NYT worded it this way.

"Officials used a shotgun rather than an injection to kill the giraffe so that his meat would be safe for the zoo’s predator animals to eat. After an autopsy that was open to visitors as an educational opportunity, parts of Marius’s remains were fed to the zoo’s lions — and there is some left over."

It was a bolt gun. Some thing used to put down cows etc. A shotgun would leave pellets in the meat.

DreadLoc · February 2014

folks are quick to jump to the rescue.

DreadLoc · February 2014

DreadLoc · February 2014

what? that's just how the bacon landed when i dumped it out of the package.

allrightmeow · February 2014

Did someone say they wanted fried giraffe wrapped in bacon? I know a guy who knows a guy. PM me and maybe we can work something out.

DreadLoc · February 2014

Natalie78W said:

Did someone say they wanted fried giraffe wrapped in bacon? I know a guy who knows a guy. PM me and maybe we can work something out.

welcome to the end of the thread.

allrightmeow · February 2014

DreadLoc said:

Natalie78W said:

Did someone say they wanted fried giraffe wrapped in bacon? I know a guy who knows a guy. PM me and maybe we can work something out.

welcome to the end of the thread.

You are a doll. Thank you! Im bummed I missed out on the goodie bags.

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