the Director of a zoo in the German city of neumünster claims that they will have some animals to feed others because of the crisis caused by the pandemic coronavirus. About this newspaper the Sun with reference to the sources.
Director Verena Kaspari (Verena Kaspari) told the German newspaper Die Welt that the zoo has compiled a list of animals euthanized in the first place. She cited the example of seals and penguins, daily consuming a bucket of fresh fish that the zoo is no longer able to provide.
“If anything, I’d better sedate animals than let them die of hunger” she said. Caspari also added that in a crisis they might have to feed some other animals.
it is Noted that the Neumünster zoo does not fall under the state program of emergency assistance to small businesses. According to BBC News, caspari estimates the loss of income during the spring 150 thousand pounds (13.8 million rubles) in connection with the lack of visitors.
As a rule, if the zoo is unable to care for the animals, he finds the animals a new home. However, due to the isolation imposed worldwide, the zoo has to go to extreme measures.
Among the guests of the Neumünster zoo’s polar bear named Vitus — the largest representative of this species in Germany. Because of his size, none of the nearby zoos cannot provide him with decent living conditions, so the fate of the predator is also in question.