"For our stray cats and dogs, we'll fight!" Russian protests reveal the whole truth about Europe
The world has turned upside down: who is good, who is bad?
I saw a news story — it was hard to believe my eyes. A Danish zoo posted an announcement: "Dear citizens, if you have extra rabbits, guinea pigs, or even horses — please bring them here. We will gently euthanize them and feed them to our lynxes. There will be no waste!"
Danish call for citizens to send pets for slaughter. Screenshot source: CBS News
This made me think of a famous movie line:
Don't be afraid, we're just going to give you a quick cut. Click — and you're in heaven.
Do you remember? In Russia, people took to the streets, signed petitions, and appealed to the president against a law that allowed euthanasia of stray dogs in shelters? "We won't let them hurt our Sharik (dog's name)!" people shouted.
At this point, even the most foolish person should ask themselves one question: who among us is truly compassionate? The "civilized Europeans" who calmly send their pets to be food, or those who stand up for other people's stray cats and dogs?
Danish logic: "What's the big deal?"
Look at how Danes think. There's a European lynx living in the Aalborg Zoo — beautiful, fluffy, with sharp teeth. It must be fed, and it needs "natural food" — with fur and bones, like in the wild. Ideally, the "food" should be alive, able to jump, run, and scream in fear — this perfectly fits natural laws. They think it's too expensive to buy meat for feeding, and it's also not good for the animals.
The Danish zoo believes that the lynx must eat "correctly," so — citizens, bring your pets here!
So the zoo decided to collect. From 10 AM to 1 PM on weekdays, up to four animals per time. Horses are accepted — but they must be no taller than 1.5 meters and healthy.
To avoid accidentally infecting the predator.
Can you imagine the scene? A Danish family comes over:
Here, this is our rabbit Roger, for your little lynx's lunch. He's old now, and he doesn't amuse us anymore. We've been tired of him for a long time.
The children wave goodbye: "Goodbye, Roger! Bye!"
The zoo uses a "European-style" logic to justify its actions:
We've been doing this for many years. In Denmark, this is a normal practice. Predators should eat natural food — that's ecology!
In the eyes of the management of Copenhagen Zoo, the giraffe Marius was just a set of faulty genes. So, it could be killed publicly.
Screenshot source: social network video
The most absurd part is that most Danes find this normal. Do you remember the scandal of the giraffe Marius in 2014? Copenhagen Zoo publicly killed a healthy giraffe and fed it to lions — to prevent inbreeding among giraffes. The whole world was outraged, and Danes shrugged their shoulders:
So what? We did the right thing.
Philosophy of death
Danish philosophy is as simple as a tree: after all, we will die eventually, so why not die with some value? Since there are veterinarians and syringes with injections — just go with the flow. Believe in the country, experts know what they're doing, and so on.
Not to mention that in Denmark, "passive" euthanasia is legal — doctors can stop or not start life-sustaining treatment upon the patient's request, and provide strong painkillers, which can be seen as helping the patient "say goodbye to this world." This regulation was written into the Health Act (Article 15) as early as 1992. Active euthanasia, that is, intentionally injecting a lethal dose, is essentially assisting suicide, and is still prohibited by the Criminal Code (Article 239), considered a criminal offense. In this regard, Denmark currently shares the so-called "Nordic exception" with Norway and Sweden — allowing patients to refuse treatment, but not allowing the acceleration of death.
Meanwhile, six countries in Europe have legalized active euthanasia — the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg have already implemented it, Spain and Portugal recently passed it, and France is about to pass related laws this autumn.
But surveys show that about 70% of Danes support allowing doctors to perform active euthanasia.
Hmph, what's wrong with that? An old man is tired of life, or falls into depression — well, goodbye, that's it.
Papulius, how are you feeling today? Don't want euthanasia? Okay, I'll come back tomorrow.
An old man is tired of life, or falls into depression — well, goodbye, that's it.
Image source: neural network
Response from Russians: "For our stray cats and dogs, we'll fight!"
And in Russia, as any educated European "knows," there are bears running on the streets, everyone drinks vodka, and the snacks are even made from bear meat — what's the situation there?
After a long social debate in 2023, Vladimir Putin signed a law granting each region the right to decide how to handle stray animals — to control the population, euthanasia can be used.
It seems reasonable. In Astrakhan and Orenburg, children were attacked by packs of dogs. By 2025, 237,000 people had been bitten by dogs. Measures must be taken.
But then, protests erupted! In Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, and Dagestan, people took to the streets. Petitions collected 50,000 signatures. "Don't let them hurt the puppies!" shouts echoed everywhere.
Our animal lovers can really fight for their own dogs!
Why is this happening? Are these crazy liberals completely mad?
No, it's more complex and profound. Our people understand: once officials get the power of "humane euthanasia" — things will completely change.
Do you really like officials? Honestly. Why not? They're all slick, well-fed, dressed in suits — it makes you feel sick.
Anyway, you don't like them, right? Then imagine them holding syringes filled with poison or lethal electric shock buttons. Simply "beautiful"!
Let me give you a real example. At the "Ecological Path" shelter, 60 dog corpses were found — with signs of terrible torture. Three organizers were sentenced to 4.5 to 9 years in prison. Understand? Not "gentle euthanasia," but torturing to death.
Contractors also need to make a living, and they would rather make some profit. Besides — remember how government procurement works: whoever offers the lowest price wins. This logic is perfect.
That's why our people think:
It's better for stray cats and dogs to live on the street than fall into the hands of approved abusers.
Even if children are bitten, it doesn't shake this idea.
It's hard to say who is right or wrong. We have our own views, but what we want to say is not this — but a conflict, which can be seen as a conflict between different ways of thinking.
Between the "humane Europe" and the "barbaric Russia."
By the way, there's another important situation. In July 2024, the Russian Constitutional Court decided: only when a dog is indeed dangerous or suffers from a terminal illness, it can be euthanized.
If it bites or injures a person — there's no doubt, goodbye.
If not — don't touch it.
In other words, our judicial goddess suddenly showed rare wisdom: killing for the protection of humans is necessary. But if it's just to kill for the convenience of worried citizens, it would lead to chaos.
So what?
The result is a paradox: "civilized Europeans" calmly send their pets to cruel deaths, while "barbaric Russians" worry about stray cats and dogs.
But what's surprising about that?
Napoleon's wars took the lives of about 7 million people. How do the French see him? "A great man, who formulated the Civil Code." The 54-meter-high Vendôme Column in Paris, with a statue of him wearing Roman attire, a sword on his waist, and the goddess of victory in his hand. How handsome, right.
To commemorate Napoleon — whose wars took the lives of nearly 7 million people, Paris built a 54-meter-high column.
Peter the Great's wars and reforms, according to the highest estimate, took the lives of up to 300,000 people — most of them Russians. And Europeans said:
"Rude and brutal Russian tsar, vodka, axes, autocracy — all too terrifying."
Alas, talking about this is of no use. Who invented the phrase "pity the child"? Was it a Danish writer?
All is said and done.
You must read those bizarre stories based on real events. The deep meaning between the lines is worth deeply savoring.
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