The tigers Boris and Rosie prefer to eat reindeer but also need white meat. However, Boris found the white rabbit too furry. Foto: Finn Frandsen

Foreign countries are outraged that Danish zoos use pets to feed their animals. Politiken followed two pet rabbits that ended their lives as the tigers’ toothbrush in Odense Zoo.

Soon, Fluffy and Lop-ear will be eaten by the tigers. Why is it so controversial?

The tigers Boris and Rosie prefer to eat reindeer but also need white meat. However, Boris found the white rabbit too furry. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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Wednesday morning, at the back entrance of Odense Zoo, a quiet woman hands a cardboard box to a zookeeper. Then she quickly leaves.

Inside the box sits a white rabbit with large blue eyes and adorable perky ears. Its fur is tousled and soft as silk, a fluffy little cloud. Beside it, a gray mottled lop-eared rabbit twitches its nose.

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