Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The zoo is asking for donations of small pets to serve as food for its predators. “That way, nothing goes to waste–and we ensure natural behavior, nutrition and well-being of our predators,” the zoo wrote. The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage also accepts donations of frozen and packaged beef, game meat, poultry and fish. The rising cost of meat has also prompted other zoos to ask for meat donations.