TIL that in 2014, the Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe because they wanted to prevent him from breeding. The animal was killed, skinned, and fed to the zoos lions, all in full view of children
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26098935
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26098935
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'Surplus' giraffe put down at Copenhagen Zoo
Campaigners fail in a last-ditch campaign to save Marius the giraffe from being destroyed at Copenhagen Zoo to comply with rules over in-breeding.BBC News
