Marius, the Copenhagen Zoo's healthy 18-month-old giraffe, was euthanized by his keepers and fed to the zoo's meat-eating animals Sunday despite online protests from animal lovers over the plan. Zoo officials said they killed the animal as part of its policy to prevent in-breeding and keep the giraffe population genetically sound, the Copenhagen Post said. "Giraffes today breed very well, and when they do you have to choose and make sure the ones you keep are the ones with...
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