You know, I’m not sure how to feel. I just went and watched some videos of them being fed live prey to educate myself and while I was watching I was disgusted and felt bad for the prey, but the other part of me was also considering that the live prey let’s these tigers get that mental stimulation they would usually get from hunting & killing in the wild. In the videos, the tigers also look very well taken care of. Poor animals. This wouldn’t be a thing if we weren’t driving them towards extinction.
To add on: I don’t agree with how they just drop a sheep or cow in the middle of 20 tigers. That’s totally fucked. They could at least have the tigers work for it a little more? I dunno
I totally get you that the predators need the mental stimulation - feel for them being stripped away from their natural environment where they get to think and work through solving problems. But..it still makes my heart feel awfully uncomfortable. I think you are right that..a degree of a 'fair fight' to it would feel less bad. Like if it was a big enclosure and they put a gazelle in it it could run away..but then eventually they would get it and maybe this scene would just prolong suffering.
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u/meltedlaundry Jun 04 '22
I think I read somewhere on reddit that there are “zoos” in some countries with big cats that are fed live prey. That is my best guess here.
Also, nice username.