Animals Shot Dead By Zoo Staff.

Zoo claims this baboon was “humanely put down.”

A popular British zoo/safari park is being praised for its “excellence in animal husbandry and welfare” by the UK government even after a whistle blower exposed grisly scenes of murdered animals thrown near trash cans.  The park admits shooting and “humanely putting down” scores of animals that either showed signs of aggression or were “excessive” in stock. 

The horrific images from Knowsley Safari Park in the UK are more proof that zoos and safari parks are not safe homes for wild animals.  Animals that procreate beyond a controllable size are shot and killed and thrown away like so much trash. 

The whistle blower claimed that untrained staff were asked to shoot animals dead and sometimes more than 3 shots were required to finish an animal off.

The park has been ordered to create a better storage facility for the corpses but MY major concern is that there are so many corpses to begin with.

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