Zoo critters could benefit from hunting season.

With the fall hunting season underway in Alaska, the Alaska Zoo has issued a request that could benefit its meat-eating residents.

“Calling all hunters! We will gratefully accept carcasses for zoo carnivores,” the zoo announced recently via social media. "While all zoo animals are fed a daily balanced diet that we provide for them, carcass feeding is an extra treat which is nutritional and enriching.”

Hunting in Alaska occurs mainly in August and September, so the timing is ideal.

Alaska boasts more than a dozen big-game species – from caribou and deer to bears and moose – along with an abundance of small game.

The zoo requests that hunters place bones from freshly harvested animals in large bags and leave them next to a freezer outside the zoo.

The social-media post inspired questions and comments, including a few attempts at humor.

The top comment: “Will you take ex-husbands? Asking for a friend.”

One follower asked if it was OK to drop off salmon, and the answer was, “Always!”

Another person asked if the zoo would accept horses that have died a natural death or from euthanasia, and the answer was a polite “no.”

The Alaska Zoo, which has operated in Anchorage since 1969, is a nonprofit "dedicated to promoting conservation of Arctic, sub-Arctic and like climate species through education, research and community enrichment."

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Alaska's fall hunting season could benefit 'carnivores' at zoo

Reporting by Pete Thomas, For The Win / For The Win

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