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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Denmark Zoos Are Scary!

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Danish Zoos Are Scary!

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver has stepped in it with Denmark, after reporting  the disturbing practice of killing zoo animals to feed to other zoo animals – or to carve up  as part of a fun and educational show for the kiddies.

I’ll bet you have fond memories of visiting the zoo as a child, too.  If some very angry Danes are right, we were cheated if we didn’t get to see a lion dissection…Or watch as lions devour the giraffe who was on display just last week. While the outcry has been world-wide, Denmark’s zoos are continuing the trend that is widely considered to be inhumane at worst, and  different at best. ‘Last Week Tonight’ celebrates that difference  by creating a new video ad for them. The ad is educational, and it’s as entertaining as it is disturbing…Just like Denmark’s zoos.

I only mention angry Danes because we are now at war with Denmark – most probably.  Many seething natives of Denmark wrote the most hostile comments I’ve seen posted under a video by John Oliver.  The posters took each and every joke and reference in this video as a national insult – and many gave Oliver a directive that would be difficult to accomplish.

The sentiments of one man echo those of many; he expressed a desire for his 4-year-old to ‘know how the world works, including how a dead animal looks inside and out.’ This, he somehow teaches the toddler ‘ is like the chicken and steak’ she (used to) enjoy eating. In signing off, he adds: “The world is not made up of unicorns farting rainbows.”  True words…Fun to imagine, though.