Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals?

daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Interesting! There’s a butcher shop near me that sells ostrich. I think those ones are raised for meat though.

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You wouldn’t want to eat an animal that’s died of natural causes, it’s usually old and tough, or still died of an undiagnosed infection while old so not further investigated.

    All meat sold for human consumption must be certified, not gonna happen with random dead zoo animals in any developed country.

    If the zoo staff decide to go for it without, that’s probably on them, but they can’t sell or even legally give it away.

    Ostrich is quite nice though, it’s a very lean, red meat. Like a gamey beef I’d say, but not as intense as deer.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To clarify, the case I was referencing involved a zoo keeper killing an animal in self defense. The ostrich did not die naturally. I’ll link a video about it in case you’re interested.

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUTHEX7mR_0

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      • viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ah right, that’s different then. Still don’t think they could legally sell it, but would be fine to eat, most likely.

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• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  thought you meant feeding a lion a dead orca whale. I’m high

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