Danish zoo asks pet owners to donate rabbits and horses to feed its predators

The Eurasian lynx ‘needs whole prey that resembles what it would naturally hunt in the wild’, the zoo said. Photograph: Arterra Picture Library/Alamy

A zoo in Denmark is appealing for donations of healthy small pets to be “gently euthanised” and fed to predators.

Aalborg zoo has urged willing chicken, rabbit and guinea pig owners to hand over their pets to be eaten whole by animals including European lynx.