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Zoo Workers Shot Animals for Meat
Topic Started: Jul 24 2007, 09:01 PM (277 Views)
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Officials in the central German city of Erfurt called for stronger laws Monday to protect the rights of animals amid allegations that workers at the city's zoo killed some goats, sheep, pigs and other beasts to sell them for their meat.

The scandal at the Thueringer Zoopark in Erfurt, a city of 200,000 people about 60 miles southwest of Leipzig, has provoked criticism from animal rights groups and cost the zoo's director his job.

"The killing and selling of animals has been effectively stopped," Erfurt Mayor Andreas Bausewein said.

Last week, Erfurt state prosecutors launched an investigation after Bausewein alerted them to problems at the zoo, which is home to giraffes, monkeys and elephants, as well as domestic animals such as donkeys, goats and pigs.

The mayor's office said that goats, sheep, pigs and deer accounted for most of the animals that have disappeared from the zoo, alleging they were shot and butchered without proper approval from a veterinarian.

The German Animal Protection Association said the actions violated existing laws protecting animals and expressed concern that more such cases existed.

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that's terrible It's bad enough those animals are kept in captivity but to just butcher then for the money of the meat. :nuhuh: :bat:
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Yes, and farmers are really dreadful people, keeping animals in captivity to sell to butchers for the money. But wait . . . were it not for people penning animals and selling them for meat, we would all have to become vegetarians. No thanks. If the workers did sell the animals for money, to those who would butcher them, they should be at least fired and face criminal charges for the crime of selling what wasn't theirs to sell. Far more of a criminal act rather that an unethical act.
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I was under the assumption that these were zoo animals? I would think that those who were selling them to be butchered should have charges against them.

While I understand what your talking about Larry. There is a difference between farm animals and zoo animals. Farm animals are raised soley for the purpose of meat and dairy. Zoo animals are not. I do agree that these people should face the consequences of their actions.
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There is a difference between farm animals and zoo animals. Farm animals are raised soley for the purpose of meat and dairy. Zoo animals are not.

Precisely. There has to be a distinction between animals in a farming environment meant for consumption and those in a zoo tagged for preservation and display.

If the animals were healthy and these fools were doing it to make a few bucks, than they should be ashamed and tried.
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