Ukraine Zoo in Kharkiv may have to euthanize large predators, including lions and tigers

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if they cannot be moved safely.

Ukraine Zoo Rushes To Evacuate Animals After Heavy Russian Shelling

A zoo in Kharkiv, Ukraine, is scrambling to evacuate the remainder of its animals after its infrastructure was severely damaged by Russian shelling.

Feldman Ecopark “is no more,” founder Alexander Feldman said in a statement on Tuesday after the zoo was “subjected to massive shelling and bombardment” from Russian forces.

The statement said the zoo’s “biggest problem” was large predators, such as lions, tigers and bears, which would pose a major danger to humans if they got out of the zoo and roamed free. Feldman said their enclosures were intact but couldn’t withstand more damage. For that reason, if the zoo can’t find a safe location for those animals to go, it may have to euthanize them.

“It is unimaginably painful to talk about this, but the main priority now is the lives of people,” Feldman said. - HuffPost

I fucking hate everything about Russia at this point.

[roamer65]

1. I say they go Roman.

Enuff said.

You all know what I’m eluding to…big cats like fresh meat.

…sort of…

[Igel]

4. Crossed my mind.

"There's meat on the move, and it's not suitable for even human contact. Let the larger predators do what they do best--feed on prey and smaller, stupider predators."

[milestogo]

5. Yeah, but Russians and Ukrainians probably taste the same.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. Is there no such thing as lion/ tiger refugees?

Can’t they transport them somewhere else?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. Nooo!

Sekhmet give the big cats and bears a new home! Fast,they need you and Lady Bast.

Destroy russia utterly rend it apart with your claws,send the heart of putin down Ammit's throat,make putin drown in his own blood. Make the russian ogliarches lose every penny and die. Make the russian people rebel against thier abusive ,criminal autocracy.

[FirstLight]

6. So Mote it BE!