Supermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan has launched a new initiative to donate fruits and vegetables that have passed their sell-by date, but are still safe to eat to Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung for use as animal feed.
Under the program, which started on Tuesday last week, the zoo receives donations of leftover produce from Carrefour’s Dingshan store in Kaohsiung every one to two weeks, zoo director Chuang Hsuan-chih (莊絢智) said on Sunday.
The aim is to give the animals a more well-balanced diet by offering them new types of food, including burdock root, alfalfa sprouts, red oak lettuce, baby corn and baby