Controversy over the sacrifice of a healthy giraffe at the zoo in Denmark

Sacrificial a shot, dismembered and thrown to visitors to the lions as food. This was the fate of Marius giraffe in a zoo in Denmark, which justified the move arguing that it was necessary to prevent inbreeding. Neither the collection of hundreds of thousands of signatures by various animal rights organizations , nor may offers to adopt other European zoos and parks, or offers to purchase or the possibility of reintroducing the animal to the wild managed to prevent the sacrifice giraffe . The animal was shot and killed rather than lethal to their meat to feed other species in the park injection. The macabre spectacle has sparked outrage in society , but a spokesman for the Copenhagen Zoo , Stenbaek Bro, argued that the park gave parents the opportunity to decide whether or not the children witnessed the operation of cutting the animal. " In fact I am proud because I believe we gave the kids a great lesson on the anatomy of a giraffe would not have seen a photo ,'' he said in a telephone interview with AP . At the time to explain the decision, Bengt Holst, Scientific Director of the zoo, said " we must accept that there is a surplus of animals that can not be included in the genetic chain to not cause problems of inbreeding ." In addition, the Copenhagen Zoo participates in a program of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria ( EAZA) , which dictates strict rules on consanguinity in order to maintain healthy species within enclosures , explained the official authorities . The organization defending the rights of animals in Sweden said the case highlights what zoos do to animals. " It's no secret that animals are killed when there is no space or if their genes are not interesting enough ,'' the organization said in a statement.

• 2014-02-10T17:02:31+00:00
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