When animals die in the Zoo...

MayMay

Always wondered what they do with them? Is there a Zoo Graveyard or is it like a farm animal where they're taken away or are they cremated etc? Sorry for the randomness, just always wondered...

Demonique

Some of them have ended up in the 'Dead Zoo' AKA the Museum of Natural History.


Easiest way to find out? Ring the Zoo up and ask them

fits

I'd imagine some would end up in veterinary colleges as well...

tallus

Demonique wrote:

Easiest way to find out? Ring the Zoo up and ask them

Good advice.

MayMay

Ah I don't want to be ringing them up bothering them with a question like that....no was just wondering...don't even know why...well thanks anyway

cowzerp

Lions need lots of fresh meat-:D

krankykitty

Some of the remains are prepared by volunteers and end up as display items in the Learning and Discovery centre in the zoo.

tampopo

cowzerp wrote:

Lions need lots of fresh meat-:D

what he said.

A few years ago, the last time Christmas was on a Saturday I think it was. Anyway, the Tuesday before Christmas Day, me ma and I went for a short drive up to the Phoenix park and parked the car at the gaa clubhouse on the Islandbridge side. We walked to the Magazine Fort. Just outside the gates there was a pile of blood, fresh blood. Holy smokes I thought there's been a drug deal gone wrong here during the night.

The gates of the M Fort were open, which was the first time i've ever seen them open. Very strange. I walked in, there's a courtyard type arrangement of the buildings with a small van, ford escort type van parked there. I walked in further till you could see into the inner courtyard.

There were several more vehicles there. Several (what looked like) Park Wardens, wheelie bins, dead deer lying all over the place. And the smell of blood hanging in the air was rank.

So I suppose that's where the Zoo gets extra meat. Especially Christmas week. On occasion I go into the local butchers for some bones for the dog. Last Christmas yer man sez, no bones christmas week, it's all turkeys! No beef at all.

Sigma Force

Next time you are there mabey ask one of the staff. Saw on tv an zoo in the UK have an elephant or two buried on the zoo grounds. Not sure if there are any laws they have to follow if a cow dies in a farmers field I think the body has to be collected and disposed of for health reasons could be the same for some zoo animals.

mikemac

Guineapigrescue wrote:

. Not sure if there are any laws they have to follow if a cow dies in a farmers field I think the body has to be collected and disposed of for health reasons could be the same for some zoo animals.

In the past, farmers would bury dead livestock on their land or the local gun club had hounds so they'd collect the carcass real fast. These days are gone now as if you infect the local water supply, there'd be hell to pay:eek:

I do know when we had sheep killed by dogs, that the Vet arranged for the dead animals to be taken away.
I think they're disposed of properly at the local meat factory free of charge.
Could be wrong though

Schlemm

micmclo wrote:

In the past, farmers would bury dead livestock on their land or the local gun club had hounds so they'd collect the carcass real fast. These days are gone now as if you infect the local water supply, there'd be hell to pay:eek:

I do know when we had sheep killed by dogs, that the Vet arranged for the dead animals to be taken away.
I think they're disposed of properly at the local meat factory free of charge.
Could be wrong though

With farm animals, you can't have the carcasses on your land by law and the knacker man usually gets rid of them for you, cos you can't send animals to a meat factory that are already dead, ie, they have to be slaughtered in the abbatoir there and then. Despite the threat of the law, however, you'd be surprised at the amount of farmers who still bury dead animals on the farm...:eek:

mikemac

Oh, I'm not saying the abbatoir uses the dead animals for meat, that'd be crazy.
It's just they have the facilities to dispose of the carcasses.