Second Danish zoo may kill a giraffe called Marius

A second Danish zoo has said it may have to put down one of its giraffes, despite a storm of protest after a similar move by Copenhagen Zoo.

The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said that it, like the zoo in Copenhagen, would be doing so to comply with breeding programme rules.

Coincidentally, its giraffe has the same name as the Copenhagen giraffe, Marius.

Copenhagen's Marius was destroyed on Sunday despite a online petition.

At least two wildlife parks, including one in Britain, had offered to house the healthy two-year-old animal but zoo officials said the danger of inbreeding remained.

'Good company'

The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo, in western Denmark, said its Marius is a seven-year-old hybrid, which means he is a mix of different sub-species.

He is currently housed with a younger, pure-bred giraffe called Elmer - who happens to be the half-brother of Copenhagen's Marius.

The zoo has just joined the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) breeding programme and is expecting to receive a female giraffe to mate with Elmer at some point.

"At the moment, there is no problem," said zoologist Jasper Moehring. "Marius is good company for Elmer and they are a wonderful attraction for our visitors.

"But the problem will be when we get a female. The two males will fight, which could result in the death of one of them," he told the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26167925
It's not rocket science, don't get the female.  If giraffes are sufficient in numbers that they can be murdered without it seems much thought why sacrifice a living animal to breed another  

"Marius is good company for Elmer and they are a wonderful attraction for our visitors."

Disgusting, it seems anything these days living or otherwise is expendable even innocent animals  

  WHAT is it with those disgusting inbred Danish pastry neo-nazi scumbag thugs these days ?!?

IF the Danes are so obviously incapable of keeping the animals in their zoos alive, then just maybe they should consider GETTING OUT of the zoo management business altogether..

AS the Danes are unfortunately proving themselvs to be too stupid, incompetent and "dead inside" as to be considered as being in any way suitable for such endeavours !   

What happens when there's only two giraffe's left in the world and they're cousins? lol

BigAndy9 wrote:What happens when there's only two giraffe's left in the world and they're cousins?  lol

Let's hope we don't get to that point Andy   

What the hell, what's this anti-giraffe-ism all about?

I like giraffes, they look really cute when they drink:

Ben_Reilly wrote:What the hell, what's this anti-giraffe-ism all about?

I like giraffes, they look really cute when they drink:

Exactly Ben how could anyone kill such a lovely animal for no good reason  

FTL, you have a smiley for every occasion! :D

 
   LOOKS like the United Nations should seriously look at raising up a resolution to control which nations are allowed to have zoos in their countries' borders !?!

THE first countries that I would consider banning :

Denmark
Austria
North Korea
Dubai

And: Any African country operating commercial "game parks".
 ::lightsab::

Ben_Reilly wrote:FTL, you have a smiley for every occasion! :D

Ben, I have an entire smiley library! I'm always on the look out for new ones