What do zoos do with dead animals?

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I mean, if an elephant dies what do they do with the body?

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What do you do if you have a horse that dies or has to be put down? You call your neighbor down the road who has an excavator and ask him to dig you a horse sized hole. Then you bury it. If you don't, you won't want to leave your house for at least a week.

As someone who grew up with horses, in most cases the hole is dug first with a ramp, the horse is walked into the hole, then it's euthanized.

Why not walk the horse onto the trebuchet and make it your neighbor’s problem?

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