Zoo might feed animals to each other to stay afloat during lockdown

[Maddox]

The coronavirus is sending this zoo into a feeding frenzy.

One struggling German zoo has devised a heartbreaking proposal to stay afloat while closed over coronavirus concerns — feeding the animals to each other. The tragic 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.

“We’ve listed the animals we’ll have to slaughter first,” Verena Kaspari, director of Neumünster Zoo, tells German newspaper Die Welt, according to BBC. Neumünster belongs to an association and is therefore not entitled to financial relief from the state, leaving the visitor-less zoo with little recourse.

Zoo might feed animals to each other to stay afloat during lockdown

The coronavirus is sending a zoo into a feeding frenzy.

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