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Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo. Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding , as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo authorities decided to euthanize him.
Last week, despite protests and an international petition, the Copenhagen Zoo killed a giraffe named Marius. The 18-month-old animal was shot in the head, dissected, and then fed to the zoo's ...
"Dr Lesley Dickie, executive director of EAZA, [said] that between 3,000 and 5,000 healthy animals are put down every year across Europe. 'That’s our estimate for all animals management euthanised in the zoo, be it tadpoles up until a giraffe'. Among those killed were 22 healthy zebras, four hippos and two Arabian Oryx were also put down.
The main Marius (giraffe) article states "Copenhagen Zoo managers confirmed that staff, including its head of conservation, received death threats by phone and email following the culling of Marius" - this does not state who sent the death threats. I do not like the edit of "macabre publicity stunt" for several reasons.
'This is a difficult loss for our Zoo family,' the Brevard Zoo said in a statement.
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